Depressie en angs oor COVID-19 kan jou geestelik én fisiek aftakel. Hier is 10 topwenke om te keer dat dit jou onderkry. Ek is in huisarres – en dít oor iets wat ek nie eens gedoen het nie. Dit is hoe dit vir my en seker duisende ander Suid-Afrikaners voel [...]
“In a survey involving 1,748 participants, researchers Kopano Ratele and Rebecca Helman found that even though more than 80% of participants said they believed in gender equality, there were vast contradictions between their beliefs and their practices”, writes Leila Dougan in the article Achieving gender equality starts with the family: [...]
The new coronavirus crisis has disrupted our world and plunged us into a time of great uncertainty. Under these circumstances, it is quite common for people to be worried, distressed and anxious about what lies ahead. https://www.news24.com/health24/Medical/Infectious-diseases/Coronavirus/looking-after-your-mental-health-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-20200331-2
Mental health has far-reaching consequences for people, and with the pending national 21-day lockdown many people have been talking about cabin fever and anxiety. Psychologist Dr Ashraf Kagee said because this kind of crisis had never happened before to South Africans, it was a time of great uncertainty.
Albertus Kotze het met Prof. Ashraf Kagee van die Departement Sielkunde by Universiteit Stellenbosch gesels oor die sielkundige aspek (moontlike vrees en angs) wat gepaard mag gaan met die 21-dae van nasionale inperking, wat Vrydag in werking tree – hoe kan jy dit vir jouself makliker maak en verseker dat [...]
Psychological consequences of Covid-19 may be contextualized by examining HIV. With the considerable anxiety and uncertainty associated with the Corona-19 pandemic, it is useful to think about what we already know about psychological responses associated with another global pandemic, namely HIV and AIDS. However, in as much as both Corona [...]
Professor Ashraf Kagee discusses how the psychological consequences of Covid-19 may be contextualized by examining HIV. https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/global-events/202003/psychological-aspects-pandemics-covid-19-and-hiv
Following an upsurge of panic-buying in Stellenbosch, several pharmacies and stores are restricting the number of hand sanitisers, hand wipes, and medical face masks that customers are allowed to purchase at a time, as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases rise in SA. https://www.matiemedia.org/stellenbosch-pharmacies-ration-hand-sanitisers-masks-amid-panic-buying/
South Africans are slowly coming to grips with the new Covid-19 reality. Overcoming fear, anxiety and uncertainty are very real challenges for many people.
ARTICULATE "Filling the Gap" is a mental health documentary which highlights the work of selected AMARI fellows in communities as part of their contributions to cut the huge mental health treatment gap. The film also showcases lived experiences of people living with Mental, Neurological and Substance misuse disorders (MNS).
