Research shows there are several barriers blocking improving mental health care. These include diminished civil society support, a lack of global consensus on mental illness and its treatment, missed policy opportunities and limited evidence on the delivery of mental health interventions.

To further dissect this matter, Dr Sindi Van Zyl, General Practitioner, (also HIV clinician, who deals with people who have mental illness) was a guest on POWER Talk with Iman Rappetti alongside Gugu Masondo who is the Organiser of mental matter.