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Suicide Crisis Helpline
0800 567 567

Department of Social Development Substance Abuse Helpline
0800 12 13 14
SMS 32312

Cipla Mental Health Helpline
0800 456 789
SMS 31393

NPOwer SA Helpline
0800 515 515
SMS 43010

Healthcare Workers Care Network Helpline
0800 21 21 21
SMS 43001

UFS #Fair Kitchens Chefs Helpline
0800 006 333

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Dr Reddy’s Mental Health Helpline
0800 21 22 23

Adcock Ingram Depression & Anxiety Helpline
0800 70 80 90

ADHD Helpline
0800 55 44 33

Pharma Dynamics Police & Trauma Helpline
0800 20 50 26

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011 234 4837

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Cipla Mental Health
076 882 2775

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087 163 2030

Ke Moja Substance Abuse
087 163 2025

Have Hope Chat Line
087 163 2050

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Home Based Care Workers attending GlaxoSmithKline workshop
Over 300 people attended the workshop in Carolina

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Onica Motsabitsabi welcoming participants to a community workshop on recognising Depression and Mental Health Problems

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Home Based Care Workers overwhelm us in some areas

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Home Based Care Workers in Limpopo receiving Speaking Books sponsored by the Department of Mental Health.


HIV and AIDS and Depression



SADAG's rural project is aimed at capacitating Home-Based HIV and AIDS workers by educating them about Depression and Anxiety, and initiating ten sustainable psychosocial support groups in the area.

Since 1995 the Depression and Anxiety Group has used its resources and experience to work in drastically underprivileged communities.

People living with or affected by HIV and AIDS need access to a broad range of mental health services. Some services may be available in limited supply while others, including our own, have been developed in response to the unique needs of rural South African people affected by HIV and AIDS.

The fear of being stigmatised keeps many HIV-positive people from seeking treatment for mental illness and the painful reality of this multiple stigmatisation is what motivates the South African Depression and Anxiety Group to work with people affected by HIV and AIDS.

Patients with HIV and AIDS are 36 times more likely to commit suicide according to Professor Schlebusch (Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, 2003). This is mainly because of the anxiety and depression that result from their condition. Home-Based Care Givers who are depressed are unmotivated and unable to effectively assist severely ill patients.

The South African Depression and Anxiety Group was the first NGO to address the issue of depression linked to HIV and AIDS.

The ultimate benefit is to enhance and strengthen the mental health of both people infected with HIV and AIDS, and of their HBCW, by promoting mental wellness and improving their quality of life.

To find out more about this programme please contact Lucette on (011) 262 6396.

 

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