Mental health is critical when facing a dread disease diagnosis, treatment, or bereavement

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#YouthMonth: Telephone hotline extends a lifeline in dark times

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Lessons not learnt: Public mental health still in a dismal state

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The patient who cried wolf: Assuming the sick role

[Chamendran Naidoo] At some point, we've all heard the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", the moral of which relates to those who are known to alarm others with imagined dangers, and the fact that they are less likely to be believed in the face of actual danger, possibly with dire consequences. In the medical world, this tale plays out in the concept of the sick role.