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Mental Health Care Act

Posted on February 2, 2021April 16, 2021 by bphambone

Mental Health Care Act, 2002 as Amended

DoJ Position on Capacity

Posted on February 2, 2021April 16, 2021 by bphambone

DoJ on Capacity: https://www.justice.gov.za/juscol/docs/note-MOH01.pdf

DoH Admission Info

Posted on February 2, 2021April 16, 2021 by bphambone

National Department of Health Mental Health Admission Information Link.

ZA Community Resource

Posted on February 2, 2021April 16, 2021 by bphambone

Support Groups bipolar.capetown Solid resource for information generally, and looks to have an active community in Cape Town. From their site: “This website is for the use of our members and anyone else interested in providing information or support to those living with Bipolar Mood Disorder and their supporters”. Check them out: http://bipolar.capetown/ Chat Groups […]

SADAG

Posted on February 2, 2021April 16, 2021 by bphambone

Link This is a large support and advocacy group that provides helpful information on different mental health disorders including bipolar and where to get help. It has mental health awareness programs, rural outreach services, a schools program and counseling for sufferers with bipolar, depression, anxiety/panic and trauma /PTSD and their family members. They have 180 […]

Diagnosing Bipolar: not for sissies*

Posted on February 16, 2020 by bphambone

It’s estimated that there are over 46 million people living with Bipolar, on average 3% of the developed world are living with this manageable disorder. The tragic thing though is that many, if not most, of those that are said to have Bipolar spend years with no diagnosis or worse are misdiagnosed and living under […]

[Video] Lessons from the mental hospital

Posted on February 14, 2020 by bphambone

Glennon Doyal Melton is a supurb storyteller. In this TedX talk she shares how a stint in a mental hospital was the beginning of turning her life around and reveals how the comradery of the patients there that helped her realse ‘I’m not alone’. Her story of overcoming her addictions is truly inspirational and speaks […]

Mania is so much fun until it’s not.

Posted on February 8, 2020July 15, 2021 by bphambone

The Bipolar ups are called mania, the downs are called depression and a bipolar sufferer oscillates between the two over a period of time – sometimes for days, often weeks and, for some unlucky folk, years at one of the poles.