Preconceived ideas about male behaviour and mental health can lead to conditions such as depression going unacknowledged in men. Destigmatising men’s mental illness allows the harmful consequences of such oversight including violence, substance abuse and suicide to be addressed. Preco.
A report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) this year stated that the global prevalence of anxiety and depression has increased by over 25% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
An inquest into the Life Esidimeni tragedy will start in July
20 May 2021
Five years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy, when 144 people died under disturbing circumstances, families of the victims are still angry, in despair and traumatised by how their loved ones died while in the care of government funded facilities. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Five years after the Life Esidimeni tragedy, when 144 people died under disturbing circumstances, families of the victims are still angry, in despair and traumatised by how their loved ones died while in the care of government funded facilities.
On 19 July, a formal inquest into the disaster will start in the high court in Pretoria, before Judge Mmonoa Teffo.