The Gauteng Department of Health will on Thursday, 10 October 2013 commemorate the Mental Health Awareness Month at Kagisanong Hall in Kagiso, West Rand.
Under the theme "Mental Health and Older Aldults". This means that the focus for this month is on the elderly population and their families who are expected to look after them.
The event aims to raise awareness on mental health and ways of maintaining the status as well as giving information on procedures to be followed in cases of mentally illness especially the elderly. During the event, the community will be educated on mental illness and the role that they can play in assisting those suffering from the condition as well as to eradicate the stigma associated with the illness.
Mental illness is a behavioural, mental, or emotional disorder that interferes with the person’s lifestyle, however with early diagnosis, care treatment and rehabilitation most people can recover from the illness.MEC Hope Papo will deliver a keynote address.
Details of the event are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 10 October 2013
Time: 10h00
Venue: Kagisanong Community Hall, Kagiso 1, West Rand
Enquries:
Simon Zwane
Cell: 082 551 9892
