{
  "id": 19849479,
  "title": "Psychiatrists warn of major psychotropic medicine shortages across South Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/psychiatrists-warn-of-major-psychotropic-medicine-shortages-across",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T17:56:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/2026-11-13-psychiatrists-warn-of-major-psychotropic-medicine-shortages-across-south-africa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The South African Society of Psychiatrists says shortages of medicines used to treat severe mental illnesses are affecting public hospitals, with patients at risk of relapse.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}