More: Mental health
Our ‘new normal’ requires human contact
“Whether we are living in countries currently locked down or slowly opening up again, we all are facing a reality different from what we...
Yesterday Once More: Me, Anorexia Nervosa and Karen Carpenter
There is no light at the end of the world only solemn-wounds and trees that haunt in the heavenly country where I live. Everyone...
Gaming in Quarantine; Neither a Hazard nor a Disorder
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been under quarantine in hospitals and homes for months. The outbreak was declared a pandemic in...
The COVID-19 crisis may lead to mental health issues for many workers
We need to be aware of the long-term consequences on the health of all workers. One can expect a drop out of personnel, not...
Covid-19: How safe is “Stay Home Stay Safe”?
Good and bad are two dimensions of everything. The race between the two is as old as human history. At times, if not always,...
The Teenager and Suicide
The
escalation in the number of teenagers who have suicidal thoughts, attempt
suicide and commit suicide has called for a reappraisal of this sad state of
affairs....
The forgotten world of female silence (around issues of mental cruelty and abandonment)
I think of
victims of abuse. Have I been a victim of abuse all of this time, all of these
twenty years? Father says I have...
Symptoms of depression: As told by Dr Ambrose Cato George to Abigail George
What is depression
Life in South Africa can result in us
having good and bad feelings. Sometimes we feel happy and sometimes we feel
sad. However, when...
2020 Crystal Award Winners
Artist Theaster Gates, choreographer and media personality Jin Xing,
actor Deepika Padukone and artist Lynette Wallworth are the recipients of the
26th Annual Crystal Award, the...
I went to a Model C school in post-apartheid South Africa and only survived for a year
When it
comes to the issues of eating disorders, which is the topic I am addressing
today. Topics such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia.
The
question for me...