One of the biggest factors that makes depression difficult to understand as an illness is that everyone feels depressed, or at least profoundly sad, sometimes. This “feeling depressed” is interpreted by many people as being the same thing as Clinical...
From 2 to 4 October 2022, I attended the AMCOA2022 conference at Sun City, and it reinforced my opinion that while we have been lucky to have virtual platforms in the past 3 years, there is nothing like the real thing! This conference was attended by Medical...
Current statistics indicate that 1 in 4 adults suffer from some sort of mental health issue, most commonly in the form of depression, anxiety and excessive substance use. It is reasonable to assume, therefore, that many of these sufferers are found in...
Two weeks ago, I was feeling quite overwhelmed with anxiety as I realized that my work schedule for the weeks ahead was significantly quieter than usual. Being self-employed, some of my anxiety was about the financial implications of this pending “quiet time”,...
In South Africa at this time, we are all faced with significant adversity – loadshedding, increased cost of living and rising crime statistics to name just a few. And that’s before we get to the more personal ones such as loss of loved ones, illness and...
