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MHM 4 | MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS | Issue 4 | 2022 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 9 ISSUE 4 2022 MHM ENTAL EALTH ATTERS LIVING WITH... Childhood sexual abuse and healing completely from it Boitumelo Mabele 38 ADHD: TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT Tawni Voges 15 EATING DISORDERS AETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT Dr Rita Thom 18 YOU CAN’T POUR FROM AN EMPTY CUP Sanisha Vala 21 PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER Dr Marshinee Naidoo 28 THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ASTRONOMY AND MENTAL HEALTH Dominic Gregory Vertue 31 GAUGING PROGRESS AND SETTING AN AGENDA FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH Lori Lake, Prof Mark Tomlinson and Prof Sharon Kleintjes 34 HOW DOCTORS CAN BE ALLIES AND SUPPORT THEIR GENDER DIVERSE PATIENTS Alexa Scher 24 ADULT ADHD & THE AMPHETAMINE MYTH Prof David Nutt 13 36 SADAG SUPPORT GROUP 13 24 31 18 21 28 34 15 EDITORIAL Getting schooled: Learning from the voices and experiences of LGBTIQ+ youth Genevieve Louw 01