Gain an overview of the South African Psychoanalytic Confederation (SAPC) and its vital objectives from Chair Dain Peters. This introduction is crucial for US psychologists interested in the SAPC's diverse, multi-disciplinary engagement with complex societal challenges and its innovative use of psychoanalytic work in public mental health.
Dain Peters, as the chair of the South African Psychoanalytic Confederation (SAPC), gives an outline of the role of the SAPC and describes its objectives. He talks about the SAPC as a diverse collection of professionals working psychoanalytically who come together in a multi-disciplinary team that engages with the difficulties faced in South Africa. This includes the use of psychoanalytic work in public mental health and its role in the planned NHI.
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