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For millions worldwide, the battle against depression
is a lonely one. The illness itself can lead to
isolation, and stigma, ignorance and misinformation
only make it worse. As a result, even today the
disorder often goes undiagnosed or untreated.
There is now a global Web site -- www.breakingthroughbarriers.com
– developed in cooperation with the World Federation
for Mental Health (WFMH). The Web site provides
accurate, up-to-date information about depression
that is easily accessible not only to people with
symptoms of depression, but also their family
members and friends.
What’s more, this is a truly international site,
available in nine languages: English, French,
German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian,
Hebrew and Arabic. Additional languages will be
added by the end of 2007.
The Web site is supported by Eli Lilly and Company
and Boehringer Ingelheim, as well as various patient
organizations and leading clinicians worldwide.
The Web site is a powerful new tool, but to make
it truly successful, you can help by spreading
the word. This provides a wonderful opportunity
for helping people with depression to learn more
about the disease, build a strong network of support
and begin breaking through barriers to recovery.
Because fighting depression is tough enough; you
shouldn’t have to fight it alone.
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| LifeLine/Childline
Western Cape was established in Cape Town in 1968
and has, since then, been providing ongoing telephone
counselling, offering immediacy and an intimate
means of communication to those needing to talk.
The need for an organisation committed to the prevention
of child abuse became increasingly apparent and
in 1995 Childline became a division of LifeLine
Western Cape. On average, the crisis lines receive
around 4,500 calls per month.
With offices in Cape Town, Wynberg, Khayelitsha,
Guguletu, Bishop Lavis, Mitchell’s Plain and now
in Athlone, LifeLine/Childline Western Cape has
grown considerably and now employs 113 members
of staff. The majority of the organisation's staff
members work in the area of HIV/AIDS counselling
in the clinics and day hospitals around the greater
Cape Town area.
Cape Town office:
021 461 1113
Bishop Lavis office:
021 934 3027
Guguletu office: 021 633 6191
Khayelitsha office:
021 361 9197
Mitchell’s Plain office: 021 372 5591
Wynberg (Childline) office:
021 762 8198
Athlone (youth development)
office: 021 638 0913
If you need to talk, for whatever reason, we’re
here. Call 021 461 1111 or 0861 322 322 (LifeLine)
or 021 461 1114 or 08000 55 555 (Childline) at
any time of day or night, for anonymous, confidential
counselling.
LifeLine/Childline Western Cape
56 Roeland Street, Cape Town 8001
Tel: +27 21 461 1113
Fax: +27 21 461 6400
Email: info@lifelinewc.org.za
Website: www.lifelinewc.org.za
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