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4 | MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS | 2023 | Issue 4 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 4 2023 MHM ENTAL EALTH ATTERS LIVING WITH... FROM GRIEF TO GRACE Finding healing and redemption after surviving suicide Sipho Simelane 33 CYBERPSYCHOLOGY AND PORNOGRAPHY Marita Rademeyer 12 EXPERTS BY EXPERIENCE IN POLICY AND PRACTICE Charlene Sunkel 15 THE COST OF UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS IN SOUTH AFRICA Interview with Professor Renata Schoeman 17 ODD AND CONDUCT DISORDER Dr Terri Henderson 10 WORKING WITH WHISTLEBLOWERS Lauren Gower 21 BIG BULLY An epidemic of unkindness Marion Scher 24 NAVIGATING MENOPAUSAL TRANSITION & MENTAL HEALTH SADAG’s Ask the Expert with: Dr Lavinia Lumu and Dr Rethabile Khalema 27 17 10 24 07 12 21 27 EDITORIAL Universal health coverage and the importance of NHI legislation for mental health in SA Shayni Geffen 01 ADHD IN RELATIONSHIPS Dr Lerato Dikobe-Kalane 07 SADAG SUPPORT GROUP SADAG Launches a FREE Online Support Group for Issues Faced by Transgender People 32