title: History of mental health services in South Africa. Part XIII. The National Council for Mental Health.
abstract: The National Council for Mental Health was born out of the coming together of the Society for the Care of the Feebleminded in Cape Town and a society with similar aims in Johannesburg in 1920. The Council's headquarters were in Cape Town until 1926 and were then moved to Johannesburg. The Council's work has always been essentially informative with the aim of enlightening the public on mental health and of urging the Government to provide better facilities. It has encouraged the establishment of local mental health societies in the main centres, and has subsidised them. It has had a great share in removing the stigma attached to mental illness.
mesh_terms: D002669:Child Welfare / Q000266:history; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000266:history; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006266:Health Education / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008603:Mental Health; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011406:Propaganda; D013019:South Africa; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000266:history*