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“There’s No Word for Depression in Zulu”: Inside South Africa’s Mental Health Crisis

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R esearch has found South Africa consistently ranks in the bottom three performing countries in terms of global mental health. Photo by tuxone The Mental State of the World Report measures the mental health of internet users only, making it limited in the South African context where close to one-third of the population isnt online.

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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

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We were living in poverty with my siblings and life was difficult. I always wanted and still want to help children and adolescents who are going through the things I went through when I was at their age. I have also learnt so many things about mental health and my hope for the future has increased.

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Is Madness an Evolved Signal? Justin Garson on Strategy Versus Dysfunction

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You’re also an author, and you’ve written on topics such as aging, genetics, mental representation, biological functions, mechanisms in science, and the concept of information in neuroscience. So why do we call schizophrenia a mental disorder, but not believing in conspiracy theories?

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Unpacking Depression: An Interview with Psychologist Dr. Margaret Wehrenberg

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An international trainer of mental health professionals, Dr. Wehrenberg coaches people with anxiety via the internet and phone. Shes a frequent contributor to the award-winning magazine, Psychotherapy Networker and she blogs on depression for the magazine Psychology Today. Why is there so much stigma surrounding depression ?

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From Public Service to Private Practice: The Collapse of the Social Work Profession

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T he social work profession was historically rooted in a mission of improving the lives of the vulnerable, the oppressed, and those living in poverty. Social work originated with the Settlement House movement as a response to the increasing poverty brought about by industrialization. They seem to have been onto something.