Urgent need for child mental health resources in KZN

The lack of resources to fight mental health in children reflects a need to develop a centre of excellence in child and adolescent mental health care for the province of KwaZulu-Natal.This was revealed at the commemoration of World Mental Health Day at the Children’s Hospital on Thursday morning.Senior specialist and lecturer from King Dinuzulu Memorial Hospital and University of KwaZulu-Natal Discipline of Psychiatry Professor Saeeda Paruk, said South African children are exposed to high levels of adverse life events which increases their risk of mental illness.Prof. Paruk said the…