October is Mental Health Awareness Month in South Africa.
The South African Depression and Anxiety Group says the number of calls that they receive per day has increased by more than 400 percent, post the COVID-19 pandemic.
Operations Director at SADAG Cassey Chambers says, “Pre-COVID we were receiving about 600 calls per day from people from around the country of all ages who were reaching out for help needing to know where to go to and who to speak to, asking what is wrong with me and how do I help a loved one. To now almost 3 years after COVID, there has been about 3 000 incoming calls per day to our call centre and hundreds more emails, SMSs and social media.
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