Mental health care in South Africa
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Mental health care in South Africa
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Mental illness is very prevalent in South Africa, yet the country lacks many of the necessary resources and policies needed to execute an effective mental health strategy. Many factors including violence, communicable disease, and urbanisation have increased the prevalence of mental disorders in the country. The way in which these mental disorders are treated has changed over the years. For a while, mental health care was mainly institutionalised. However, in 1997, following the White Paper Act,
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2022-12-01T18:35:05Z
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