Mental health insights and updates from the Vista Clinic team.
Happiness HELPS · Mental Health
July 13, 2026
The hidden exhaustion of adult ADHD, and why the people who seem most “together” are often the most tired When most people picture ADHD, they picture a boy. He is nine, he cannot sit still,…
February 16, 2026
This is My Place Children’s Mental Health Awareness week: the focus is on the importance of belonging: helping children and young people feel safe, valued and supported in their everyday environments. The aim of the…
February 16, 2026
“Ask for help.” It’s the battle cry of mental health professionals everywhere.It’s what mothers say when they’re overwhelmed.It’s what partners say when they’re exhausted from carrying everything alone. Just ask for help. But here’s the…
February 10, 2026
Every year, Teen Suicide Prevention Week invites us to talk about youth mental health, and rightly so. In South Africa, suicide remains one of the leading causes of death among young people, and thousands of…
January 29, 2026
We live in a world where almost everything we see online looks real – sometimes too real. Perfect faces. Perfect bodies. Perfect lives. Viral videos that seem impossible. News stories that feel shocking. Voices that…
July 25, 2025
Living with Schizophrenia is not easy. It is not something that can be wished away. As we have just celebrated awareness of Schizophrenia in the last few days, we realize that for many people living…
April 5, 2022
“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried but you’ve actually been planted.” – Christine Caine The past two years and even recent months, may have been experienced as a…
September 10, 2021
By William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I…
August 12, 2021
Winter time is fire-gazing time for me. As I sat by the fireplace this winter, enjoying the warmth of the fire, I gained a new appreciation for this energy. It reminded me of how as human…
July 21, 2021
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZvjwBssrR8 While we sail in the storm of the third wave of the Corona Pandemic, I can only think what it must have felt like for the passengers and staff on the Titanic on the…
June 25, 2021
A few weeks ago, I bumped into an old friend whom I have not seen for a while. We were very happy to see each other and we shared how the pandemic has impacted our…
June 21, 2021
I am just checking in…How are you doing? How are you keeping? How do you feel? Who do you speak with? Do you have what you need? We have been speaking about so many things…
