{"id":47351,"date":"2026-10-06T09:43:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47351"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:43:58","slug":"october-marks-sas-mental-health-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/october-marks-sas-mental-health-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October marks SA&#8217;s Mental Health Awareness month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">In\u00a0<span class=\"x_spanWithBackgroundColor\">South Africa (SA)<\/span>, October is observed as Mental Health Awareness month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about mental health and encouraging open conversations around emotional well-being.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The month aims to highlight the challenges faced by people living with mental health conditions, while helping to reduce the stigma and misconceptions that often prevent people from seeking support.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The campaign also draws attention to the need for accessible and affordable mental health services, as well as greater support for individuals, families and communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This focus comes ahead of World Mental Health Day, which will be marked on Saturday, providing an opportunity to promote mental health awareness.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13977,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-47351","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"October is observed as Mental Health Awareness","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47352,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47351\/revisions\/47352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}