KZN Mental Health Advocacy Group

25/11/2025

Congratulations to Prof Suvira Ramall on her journey into private practice, after over 30 years in the public hospital sector!

Prof Ramlall co-founded this advocacy group in 2015, along with our annual walk and symposium.

We wish her well in her new chapter!

21/11/2025

21/11/2025

Examples of emotional abuse include:

* Verbal abuse: Shouting, name-calling, insults, and constant criticism.

* Intimidation: Threats of harm to you, your pets, or loved ones, or threatening to leave you.

* Control: Monitoring your behavior, restricting contact with friends and family, controlling your finances, monitoring your cellphone.

* Humiliation: Embarrassing you in front of others, or making you feel foolish.

* Gaslighting: Twisting events, lying, and making you question your own memory and reactions.

* Isolation: Keeping you from seeing or talking to other people.

18/11/2025

As the KZN Mental Health Advocacy Group we support the calls to declare gender-based violence and femicide a national emergency.

There can be no mental health without safety first. We must work towards a caring society in which girls and women feel safe both at home and in public places, and free from harm.

This is our collective responsibility.

On Friday - create awareness about women's rights, GBV, and amplify calls for improved mental healthcare services in the province to help deal with the root causes that lead to violence in society.

17/11/2025

A new week = new opportunities to do something different.

14/11/2025

Lawyer Previn Vedan discusses employee rights in the workspace.

If your mental health is suffering due to work-related stress or intimidation, you have the right to be heard.

The law is on your side.

The CCMA is a free, accessible platform where an employee can lodge a complaint for unfair labour practice, unfair discrimination, or constructive dismissal.

In addition, the Labour Court or Labour Appeal Court can intervene.

When people feel respected, they create more. When they feel safe, they stay longer.

13/11/2025

Students, are you feeling overwhelmed or emotionally stretched? 😵😓

Join the PsySSA Student Division for an online Wellbeing Self-Care Circle — a gentle space created to help healthcare students pause, reconnect, and breathe again.

📅 Wednesday, 26 November 2025
⏰ 17:30 – 19:00
💻 Online via Zoom
📩 psyssastudentchair@gmail.com
👥 Exclusive to PsySSA Student Division Members

Spaces are limited, RSVP now to secure your spot!

Click here for more information and to RSVP: https://www.psyssa.com/student-wellbeing-self-care-circle-for-student-division-members/

12/11/2025

Anxiety is one of the biggest challenges practitioners talk about in our support group. It's time we speak about it openly.

Join us for this important conversation with Advocate Muhammad Zakaria Suleman where he will share his strategies for managing anxiety in court.

🗓️ Thursday, 20 Nov | 6pm
📍 Online: https://bit.ly/47JiL2A

Everyone is welcome!