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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 Amber-Leigh Schoeman 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: ihpublishing.com 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 12 • ISSUE 4 • 2025 MHM ENTAL EALTH ATTERS POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME AND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDEN: Understanding the Interplay Between Endocrine Dysfunction and Mental Health Louisa Albertyn 20 EMERGING DRUG TRENDS AND THE HIDDEN MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES OF YOUNG DOCTORS IN KENYA Litha Musili 23 MELATONIN: A brief review of its role and therapeutic potential in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Christine Lochner 09 05 17 23 09 13 20 EDITORIAL The intersection of African Traditional Medicine and modern mental health in SA Anele Siswana 01 MAKING THE ‘MENTAL LOAD’ MATTER IN TEEN SUICIDE PREVENTION - Learning from the Evaluation of SADAG’s Parent and Caregiver Talks (2024-2025) Bronwyn Dworzanowski-Venter 05 HOW GRIEF TRANSFORMED A PSYCHIATRIST’S APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE Devina Wadhwa 13 26 LIVING WITH All Shades of ‘Blue’ 31 BEYOND THE BEDSIDE: Mental Health Realities for Young Doctors and Medical Students Lerato Khatle 26 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY: Knowledge, Attitudes and the Future of an Old Treatment Lerato Masenya 28 28 SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH ADHD TO THRIVE ACADEMICALLY WITHOUT PUNISHMENT Ronel Aylward 17 2 | MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS | 2025 | Issue 4 MHM