Becoming an unemployment statistic

September 2021, which also doubles up as Pharmacy Month, I received a call from a colleague in her Community Service (commserv) post at All Saints Hospital, Ngcobo. The same hospital where I did my commserv the year prior. She asked, “When do I think is the right time to start applying for post-commserv Pharmacist positions?…

Why should we pay attention to mental health in men?

Mental Health issues affecting men are missed because society incorrectly uses them to define normal behavior in men.
Men who have multiple sex partners are crying from the inside.
Men who are violent, aggressive and temperamental aren’t strong. They are weak and damaged.
Men who can’t pray, who can’t communicate and have bad manners aren’t manly.
That behavior needs attention.
Excessive drinking of alcohol isn’t normal man behavior. It’s an alarm.