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Drug scourge puts strain on psychiatric services

11 July 2016 by Alan

Drug scourge puts strain on psychiatric services:

About half of all mentally ill patients in the Western Cape abuse drugs, which worsens their mental health issues and places mental health services under severe strain.

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