BIENNIAL CONFERENCE - 6 & 7 September 2010
MENTAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS

October is commemorated as Mental Health month in South Africa and 10 October is earmarked as World Mental Health Day. A mental health breakfast was held on
10 October 2009 to highlight World Mental Health Day and the media was invited in order to highlight the importance of mental health.

The breakfast also saw the SA Federation for Mental Health introducing the new patron for the Federation, Mrs. Rachel Tambo. The SA Federation for Mental Health is proud to announce Mrs. Rachel Tambo as the patron for Mental Health. Below are some pictures of the World Mental Health Breakfast , click here to view the speech delivered by Mrs. Tambo.

UN Convention for Persons with Disabilities Conference

T he SA Federation for Mental Health hosted the UN Convention for Persons with Disabilities conference on 6 October 2009.

“A Life Interrupted”

Stephanie Redelinghuys is a loving mother to a daughter who suffered from bi-polar mood disorder. When her daughter passed away she wrote a book about her life and how living with a mental illness impacted on them as a family and on her daughter as the affected individual. Her daughter painted many paintings which also feature in the book, which is called A Life Interrupted: The Story of Misjke by Stephanie Redelinghuys. The book is for sale for R250. To order your copy, please contact Mrs Redelinghuys on 021 872 2762. Alternatively contact Lindiwe Shayi at the SA Federation for Mental Health for more information.