​​October is Mental Health Awareness Month. In observance of World Mental Health Day (Sunday 10 October), experts at Stellenbosch University wrote opinion pieces* for the media in which they pointed out why all people living with a mental health condition should receive the treatment they need. Click on the links below to read the articles.

• Profs Ashraf Kagee & Katherine Sorsdahl (News24)
• Prof Christine Lochner (Weekend Argus)

​*These articles were facilitated by Corporate Communication and Marketing. It could be that other opinion pieces also appeared in the media that staff and students submitted directly.