To commemorate this year’s World Mental Health Day, the CPMH and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) co-hosted a webinar on what mental healthcare in South Africa should look like.

On 9 November 2020 the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) co-hosted a webinar to commemorate World Mental Health Day.

This year the World Federation for Mental Health has determined the global theme to be Mental Health for All: Greater Investment – Greater Access.

The invited speakers were Prof Crick Lund, a professor in Global Mental Health at the CPMH at the University of Cape Town as well as at King’s College London. He spoke on the strong investment case for mental health in South Africa.

Cassie Chambers, Operations Director at SADAG, then spoke on their experience over these last past months of moving their system completely online. She also shared some challenges and successes during their journey.

The highlight of the webinar was when two service users, Dr Sindi van Zyl and Thabo Xaba, shared their experiences of living with mental illness in South Africa.

The webinar ended with a short question and answer session.

Please view the webinar below.