MHM Magazine

MHM EDITORS Zane Wilson Founder SADAG Dr Frans Korb ADVISORY BOARD Neil Amoore, Psychologist, Johannesburg Dr Lori Eddy, Psychologist, Johannesburg Prof Crick Lund, Psychiatrist, Cape Town Dr Rykie Liebenberg, Psychiatrist, Johannesburg Dr Colinda Linde, Psychologist, Johannesburg Zamo Mbele, Psychologist, Johannesburg Nkini Phasha, SADAG Director, Johannesburg David Rosenstein, Psychologist, Cape Town Prof Dan Stein, Psychiatrist, Cape Town Dr Sheldon Zilesnick, Psychiatrist, Johannesburg COPY EDITOR Marion Scher EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Wesley Pereira SADAG Cassey Chambers SADAG CONTACT DETAILS www.sadag.org Tel: 0800 21 22 23 Tel: 011 234 4837 Email: zane@sadag.org MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS is published by In House Publications, P.O. Box 412748, Craighall, 2024. Johannesburg, South Africa Cell: 082 604 5038 Email: inhouse@iafrica.com Website: www.ihpublishing.co.za ISSN: 2313-8009 PUBLISHER In House Publications PRODUCTION Andrew Thomas ADVERTISING Andrew Thomas - 082 604 5038 REPRODUCTION Rachel du Plessis rachel@prycision.com Prycision prycision.com DISTRIBUTION 2 500 GP’s 450 Psychiatrists MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS The views expressed in individual articles are the personal views of the Authors and are not necessarily shared by the Editors, the Advertisers or the Publisher. No articles may be reproduced in any way without the written consent of the Publisher. CONTENTS VOLUME 10 ISSUE 1 2023 MHM ENTAL EALTH ATTERS LIVING WITH... Schizophrenia Ntetheleo Cebekhulu 31 A FACE OF ANXIETY Dr Kim Laxton 14 IDENTIFYING REPRODUCIBLE BRAIN SIGNATURES OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PROFI LES Professor Christine Lochner 16 UNDERSTANDING FLOURISHING AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON PATIENT HEALTH Kevin Jooste 24 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) EPIDEMIC IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF WOMEN Nasrin Kirsten 27 DEPRESSION DURING PREGNANCY Linda Christensen 18 ATTENTION DEFICIT/ HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND COMORBID LEARNING DISORDERS Marguerette Osborne 11 18 11 24 06 14 27 EDITORIAL Suicide prevention from a global perspective - Progress and challenges Dr Frans A Korb 01 GOING PSYCHO-SOLAR AND INSULATING OURSELVES AGAINST ANXIETY SHOCKS Dr Bronwyn Dworzanowski-Venter 06 21 SADAG SUPPORT GROUP 4 | MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS | Issue 1 | 2023