Politics of Mental Healthcare in Post-apartheid South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6213630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | André Janse Van Rensburg (0000-0001-8880-2232, University of KwaZulu-Natal), Rabia Khan (0009-0007-7524-3807, University of Toronto), Pieter Fourie (0000-0002-1326-7973, Stellenbosch University), Piet Bracke (0000-0002-9477-3236, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-205 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politikon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9346 • E-ISSN: 1470-1014 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589346.2019.1611300 |
| OpenAlex | W2943921673 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
Recent events in post-apartheid South Africa have exposed a decidedly political dimension to mental healthcare. This was exemplified in three important cases: the recent grants crisis of the South African Social Security Agency, a court case between the state and non-governmental organisations, and the Life Esidimeni tragedy. These events demonstrate that despite significant policy shifts toward basic human rights and care of people living with mental illness, these cases demonstrate the contradictory elements of macroeconomic and health policy exposed a neoliberal tendency towards providing public mental healthcare. In examining these case, key features emerged, including: the commodification of people living with mental illness, the pertinence of auditing, accounting practices, and dynamics of globalisation, de- and re-nationalisation. This article speaks to a tangible gap in the discourse on mental healthcare in South Africa, by highlighting the political dimensions that are involved under an era of neoliberalism
Agency (philosophy · Commodification · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Globalization · Health care · Human rights · Mental health · Mental healthcare · Mental illness · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health Treatment and Access
Rethinking the South African Crisis
What We Mean by Social Determinants of Health
Community mental health care worldwide
Punishing the Poor
Foreign direct investment and trade in health services
The Political Economy of Mental Health in V ietnam
Neoliberal globalisation and health in a time of economic crisis
South Africa
International Annual Review
Crafting the Neoliberal State
Ideology, Discourse, and the Geography of Hegemony
An Ubuntu -based Evaluation of the South African State's Responses to Marikana
Governing the Hollow State
State-Civil Society Relations in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Comprehensive integrated primary mental health care for South Africa. Pipedream or possibility
Depression and mental health in neoliberal times
Collaborative mental health care in the bureaucratic field of post-apartheid South Africa
Necropolitics
Collaboration Between Traditional Practitioners and Primary Health Care Staff in South Africa
Ways of Doing
Science and neoliberal globalization
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |