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Top psychiatrist joins call to action against mental health-related deaths

shocking statistics

alarming figures have spurred an international group of experts into action, including Professor Soraya Seedat, head of the Department of Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University (SU) in South Africa.

Professor Seedat is part of a 40-strong team of global researchers who have published a groundbreaking article in the highly regarded publication, Lancet Psychiatry. The paper maps out the risk

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