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Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: South Africa

(4 days ago) WebMental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: South Africa. 15 April 2022. Technical document. Download (196 kB)

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-2020-country-profile--south-africa

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Is mental health in South Africa moving forward? - PMC

(4 days ago) WebThe National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2023–2030 (the policy) has an ambitious vision to achieve ‘comprehensive, high quality, integrated …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10803769/

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[South Africa] - World Health Organization

(5 days ago) WebPercentage of mental health research output in total research output within country 5.0% 46.8% The government’s total expenditure on mental hospitals as % of total government …

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/mental-health-atlas-2020-country-profiles/zaf.pdf?sfvrsn=1b337826_5&download=true

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Adolescent mental health in South Africa: what do the …

(1 days ago) WebMental health has been in the news in South Africa recently, with reports on bed shortages in psychiatric hospitals, signs of depression, and dealing with pandemic-induced stress.. The South African …

https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/adolescent-mental-health-south-africa-what-do-numbers-say

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65 per cent of young people with mental health related …

(4 days ago) WebA UNICEF poll found that 65 per cent of young people with mental health problems did not seek help in South Africa. The #OnMyMind campaign and a global report aim to improve mental health …

https://www.unicef.org/southafrica/press-releases/65-cent-young-people-mental-health-related-issues-did-not-seek-help-unicef

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State of mental health and illness in South Africa - SAGE …

(1 days ago) WebThe situation of mental health in South Africa is troubling and urgent action is needed. This lack of access to, as well as quality of, mental health services, is not unique to South …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0081246319857527

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Seeing the world through a different lens - safmh.org

(2 days ago) WebMENTAL HEALTH IN THE TIME OF COVID-19. “We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition” Madeleine M. Kunin - …

https://www.safmh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SAFMH-Annual-Report-2020-2021.pdf

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Integrating mental health into chronic care in South Africa: the

(3 days ago) WebSouth Africa has a 12-month prevalence estimate of 16.5% for common mental disorders (anxiety, mood and substance use disorders), 1 with almost a third (30.3%) of the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4698554/

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60 per cent of youth needed mental health support over past year

(6 days ago) WebUNICEF/UNI433458/Getty Images. PRETORIA, 09 October 2023 – Some 60 per cent of children and youth felt they needed mental health support over the past year, …

https://www.unicef.org/southafrica/press-releases/60-cent-youth-needed-mental-health-support-over-past-year-u-report

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A reflection of the current status of the mental healthcare system …

(7 days ago) WebSouth Africa has taken critical steps to strengthen its mental health system including reforming the Mental Health Care Act 17 of 2002 (MHCA), developing the initial …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560323000622

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73 per cent of youth needed mental health support over past year

(7 days ago) WebPRETORIA, 31 October 2022 – Some 73 per cent of children and youth felt they needed mental health support over the past year, of which more than half, 38 per cent, actively …

https://www.unicef.org/southafrica/press-releases/73-cent-youth-needed-mental-health-support-over-past-year

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Addressing the mental health needs of adolescents in South …

(5 days ago) WebLike many low- and middle-income countries, almost half of the proportion of the South African population is under the age of 25. Given the peak age of onset for …

https://pilotfeasibilitystudies.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40814-021-00803-5

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High mental health burden for Africa’s youth - Nature

(Just Now) WebAcross 37 studies published between 2008 to 2020 and spanning 97,616 adolescents, the researchers found the following prevalence: depression (26.9%); …

https://www.nature.com/articles/d44148-021-00097-y

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Determinants of health among the youth aged 15 34 years in …

(4 days ago) WebDeterminants of health among the youth aged 15–34 years in South Africa, 2019 (Report 03-00-15) Table 2 and Figure 1 below show that 17,4 million of the youth are black African, …

http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/03-00-15/03-00-152020.pdf

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Mental health and COVID-19 in South Africa - SAGE Journals

(3 days ago) WebThese include statistics about persons who have either tested positive for the virus, died due to complications related to it, or recovered from it. The virus comes …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00812463211001543

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The prevalence of mental health problems in sub-Saharan - PLOS

(3 days ago) WebIntroduction. Worldwide, mental disorders have a high prevalence, chronicity and morbidity [].Adolescent populations are especially vulnerable to developing mental …

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251689

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National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan

(5 days ago) Web5 National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2023 – 2030 Foreword by Minister The World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Report (2022), titled: …

https://www.health.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/National-Mental-Health-Policy-framework-and-strategic-Plan-2023-2030.pdf

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Mind the gap: South Africa’s mental health burden

(8 days ago) WebSouth African mental health burden, to create empirical data for a future investment case. There is a striking absence of accurate data to fully estimate the mental health

https://bhfglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mind-the-gap-mental-health-20220310.pdf

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The mental health of university students in South Africa: Results of

(1 days ago) WebBackground: We estimate 30-day prevalence of 11 common mental disorders among a representative sample of university students in South Africa and explore …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36349649/

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Mental wellbeing: SA hits rock bottom on global list - Health-e News

(7 days ago) WebIn 2020, South Africa had an MHQ score of 56% with at least a fifth of the respondents experiencing fear and anxiety. Of the eight participating countries, …

https://health-e.org.za/2022/03/18/mental-wellbeing-sa-hits-rock-bottom-on-global-list/

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The State of Mental Health in South Africa EAPA-SA

(8 days ago) WebThe state of South Africa’s mental health in a global context. According to the second Annual Mental State of the World Report 2021 from Sapien Labs, published in …

https://www.eapasa.co.za/the-state-of-mental-health-in-south-africa/

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