With October being Mental Health Awareness Month and 10 October World Mental Health Awareness Day, life Health center is highlighting the importance of being able to identify the signs of mental health issues and the importance of seeking help.
“South Africans are particularly susceptible to poor mental health because we live in a violent society with high levels of unemployment, as well as the legacy of racism, which includes familial breakdown caused in large part by the migrant labour system, Counsellor at life line Health. “The result of these societal pressures is high levels of psychological distress, manifesting as an inability to cope with daily stressors, depression, anxiety and even escalating to suicide.”
South Africa has a high prevalence of common mental health disorders, with almost a third of the population having experienced a common mental disorder at some point. A Wits study suggests that South Africans suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than other countries—25% compared to 6.9% in the United States or 10% in Australia and more than double that of Brazil (7.9%). South Africa is one of the bottom five countries globally regarding mental health, according to The Mental State of the World in 2022 report.LIFE LINE is one of organization that deal with mental case gender base violence and also they are doing the cancelling at life we offer free cancelling we have hiv and AIDS help line She added that they offer services to all people who have chronicle diseases like Caner AND Hiv and AIDS Thabiseng Kgabo added. Gender Violence Helpline
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If you are in an abusive relationship:
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You can talk to us about it, ‘a problem shared is a problem half .SMS *134*550#
