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Youngest person to ever commit suicide in SA was a six-year-old - Sadag
Thursday marks World Mental Health Day and this year, the World Health Organisation is focusing on suicide prevention.
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World Mental Health Day: Parents urged to pay closer attention to children
This year, the World Health Organisation is focusing on suicide prevention on World Mental Health Day.
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Mental health education should start early in school, says Sadag
According to the World Health Organization, every 40 seconds a person commits suicide somewhere in the world.
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Sadag: As many as 600 people call us every day with suicidal thoughts
International figures showed that on average, 800,000 people die every year from taking their own lives.
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Sadag receiving more calls to do talks on suicide at primary schools
The group's operations director Cathy Chambers said that depression was still the leading cause of suicide in South Africa.
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Sadag: Depression is still the leading cause of suicide in SA
Tuesday was World Suicide Prevention Day and Sadag said from January this year, it had received almost 42,000 calls on its suicide helpline.
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FACT CHECK: Do 1 in 4 South African employees have depression?
Africa Check takes a closer look at the statistic published by a number of news outlets that one in four workers have been diagnosed with depression, usually attributing it to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group.
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Most teen deaths in SA due to suicide – Sadag
It's Teen Suicide Prevention Week, which is meant to highlight the plight of teenagers taking their own lives in South Africa.
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Sadag warns of high suicide attempts during exam results time
Last week a Soshanguve teenager threw himself onto the railway tracks after learning he had failed grade 11.
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Addressing child suicide in a troubled, challenged society
Depression and anxiety NGO, Sadag, says the number of suicides among children aged 10 to 14 years old has more than doubled in the last 15 years.
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Sadag: Suicide on the rise among SA children
Nine-year-old Lebo Maseko was found hanging from a school swing on Friday, with a tunic belt tied around his neck.
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Sadag warns against mixing alcohol & meds to curb depression
The group says many people get depressed this time of the year and end up using substances to deal with their issues.
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Gauteng patient deaths: Sadag calls for better equipped care centres
Sadag says local care centres must be better equipped to handle the deinstitutionalising of psychiatric care.
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SADAG: LGBTI community most prone stress, substance abuse
SADAG says this a result of victimisation in the form of hate speech and physical abuse.
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Sadag reports increase in people living with bipolar disorder
Sadag's Tracy Feinstein says it's important for people to talk about mental conditions to dispel myths.
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High Court dismisses Sadag’s application against GP health dept
The group had filed an urgent application to relocate over 50 patients to the Takalani home.
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Gauteng health says Sadag’s move to take it to court is ‘unfair’
The NGO has filed an urgent court to stop the department from relocating 50 mentally ill patients.
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Sadag launches urgent court bid over 50 mentally ill patients
The group wants to stop Gauteng Health from relocating patients from the Esidimeni hospital group.
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Sadag receives R1mln life line from Discovery Health
The organisation has been struggling to keep its helpline operating due to a lack of funding.
