MHM Magazine

MHM 6 | MENTALHEALTHMATTERS | Issue 5 | 2021 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 8 � ISSUE 6 � 2021 EDITORIAL Healthcare workers in the time of COVID-19 Dr. Frans A Korb 01 Helping patients prepare for and manage the anxiety, depression and loneliness that many are faced with during the holidays Alexa Scher 10 Cycling with ADHD? Dr. Dora Wynchank 13 Mental health in the workplace Professor Christoffel Grobler and Willene Holness 16 Is cannabis a friend or a foe? Adrie Vermeulen 19 Tips for your patients with bipolar during the holidays 23 Chronic pain and suicide Dr. Kobus Roux 26 Trauma sensitive yoga as an adjunctive treatment for complex trauma Sanisha Vala 29 Traditional and spiritual healers on the front-line of mental health care Linda Christensen 32 Developing digital therapeutics for Africa  - meet Vimbo Sherrie Steyn 34 LIVING WITH... Parenting a child with ADHD By a loving mother 37 Sadag support group Women’s support group dealing with gender-based violence and the effects thereof 40 MHM ENTAL EALTH ATTERS 10 23 29 34 32 16 19 13 26