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South Africans have a unique set of circumstances that has made us vulnerable to mental health disorders. These include intergenerational trauma due to our history, poverty, unemployment, exposure to crime and violence, load shedding, racism, the ongoing HIV/Aids pandemic, and the recent Covid-19 pandemic.
“Our mental health picture is unique because we are only 30 years out of apartheid, which is essentially only one generation of democracy,” notes Sanam Naran, the founder of Conscious Psychology, which specifically addresses culture and intergenerational trauma.
