FAMILY DISORGANISATION AND MENTAL HEALTH IN A SOUTH AFRICAN MINING COMMUNITY

Abstract

Family disorganisation and mental health in mining communities in South Africa are not unique, but it is the unique nature of mining communities that creates the risk factors and the types of service provisions that exacerbate the vulnerability of these communities (Gylfason, 2001). At the same time, it is the nature of mental health that makes it a largely ignored health problem in these communities. These are burning and relevant issues and the focus of this article.

Keywords

• mining communities
• family
• mental health