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Media
If you are writing a story or making a documentary about mental illness, or have any media-related queries, please contact Cassey on (011) 262 6396, or email her on
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Support Groups
If you are interested in starting a Support Group, please contact Emma on (011) 262 6396. Click here to download the Support Group pack.
To find a Support Group in your area, please phone SADAG on (011) 262 6396. |
Bipolar Booklet
by Zinzi Shumane
Mental illness is a taboo subject that people in African communities do not talk about because of the stigma.. This book is for patients with a mental illness and their families who are struggling to come to terms with it. Click here to view review! -----------------------------------
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Emergency Lines
Suicide Crisis Line
0800 567 567
SMS 31393
Pharmadynamics Police and Trauma Line
0800 20 50 26
AstraZeneca Bipolar Line
0800 70 80 90
Sanofi Aventis Sleep Line
0800-SLEEPY ( 0800 753 379)
Department of Social Development Substance Abuse Line
0800 12 13 14
SMS 32312
SADAG Mental Health Line
011 262 6396
Hours 8am to 8pm 365 days a year
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R60 000 - cost of our telephone lines every month
15 000 - people who receive our newsletter
400 - callers we help each day
With your help, SADAG can continue its work as South Africa’s most influential mental health organisation dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
SADAG Thanks you for choosing to donate so that we can continue our 15years of helping patients and their families.
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... to Africa’s largest mental health support and advocacy group. On this website you will find comprehensive mental health information and resources to help you, a family member or loved one.
2010 marks the 15th Anniversary of the South African Depression and Anxiety group (SADAG). For the last 15 years SADAG has been at the forefront of providing counselling services, mental health awareness programmes, powerful media campaigns, school talks and rural outreach initiatives to thousands of patients, families and communities across South Africa.
SADAG is committed to quality counselling, outreach and capacity building work throughout South Africa, and this commitment to promoting mental health was recognized by the World Bank Development Marketplace in 2003 with a substantial grant towards SADAG’s Rural Development Programme.
The South African Depression and Anxiety Group also boasts over 180 Support Groups nationwide, and has an extensive referral guide reaching into the most remote regions of the country. Highly trained counsellors operate the Mental Health Counselling Centre and the toll free Suicide Crisis Line everyday from 8am to 8pm.
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| Awareness Day |
Dates |
| Teen Suicide Prevention Week |
14th-21st February |
| Bipolar Awareness Day |
26th May |
| Substance Abuse Prevention Day |
26th June |
| Mental Health Awareness Month |
1st-31st July |
| Panic Awareness Day |
10th July |
| World Suicide Prevention Day |
10th September |
| World Mental Health Day |
10th October |
 ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS
Dr Colinda Linde, well known CBT expert, specializing in panic and anxiety, answers questions you may have after you have received your diagnosis.
Click here.
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 BIPOLAR DISORDER
If you have recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, Dr Leigh Jeanet, Sandton Psychiatrist, specialising in bipolar will answer some of the questions you may have, after your diagnosis.
Click here.
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Why I Volunteer for SADAG
Jay and Micelle
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Lungelo Mavuso
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Katrina Rumball
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Jeromia Kgomongwe
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Jay and Micelle run one of the oldest support groups in South Africa, Click here, to find out why this couple is committed to helping others.
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Lungelo Mavuso joined SADAG for an assignment requiring her to volunteer at an NGO. Click here to find out what has kept Lungelo at SADAG for two years.
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Katrina Rumball volunteered for SADAG for seven months as an International Intern from Britain. Click here to see why she was drawn to SADAG.
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Jeromia Kgomongwe has volunteered for SADAG for seven years. Click here to find out what inspires him.
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Shanne
Counsellor and Trainer
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Peter Siyabuswa
Support Group Leader
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Thavanisha
Counsellor
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Sally
Support Group Leader
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Shanne has been counseling for SADAG for 12 years. Find out what makes it matter to her and what makes her volunteering so important to her. Click here.
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Opened the first rural support group for panic in his local community. Click here to see why he is still involved 14 years later.
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Drives from Pretoria to Johannesburg to counsel people who need help and five years later is still making a difference in people's lives. Click here to see what makes her give up her weekends.
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Has gone through her own depression and has come out with coping skills she uses to help patients and family members. Click here to read her story.
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