What public sector mental health services look like in the Free State

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A 36-year-old mother living with HIV from Thabong in Welkom in the Free State is among the many millions of people in South Africa who rely on public healthcare services. Also, like many others, the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated disruptions have left her in a constant struggle with anxiety. Refilwe Mochoari asks what mental health services are available to people in the Free State who depend on the public healthcare system.

What public sector mental health services look like in the Free State

Bullying in healthcare: What is behind the worrying numbers?

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest

Around 58% of staff at a local university’s health science faculty, including those jointly working in public hospitals, report having been bullied more than once. Elna Schütz spoke to medical practitioners and experts about the prevalence and impact of bullying, and other toxic workplace conditions on health workers’ mental health and patient care.

Bullying in healthcare: What is behind the worrying numbers?

COVID-19: “Extremely high levels of stress” among employees in SA

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Employees in South Africa are experiencing extremely high rates of psychological distress during the COVID-19 epidemic, researchers report.

COVID-19: “Extremely high levels of stress” among employees in SA

COVID-19: How life has changed for providers of mental health services

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced mental health practitioners to rethink and adapt how they provide mental health services amidst daily reports of COVID-19 infections and deaths and under the constraints of the national lockdown. Melissa Javan asked mental health practitioners about how their lives have changed.