EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Integrative Mental Health Symposium | Cape Town & Johannesburg | August 2026

International experts head to Cape Town and Johannesburg for the 2026 Integrative Mental Health Symposium

Five internationally recognised clinicians, researchers and performance specialists from South Africa, Australia, India and the United States will share the stage at the Integrative Mental Health Symposium this August, in what promises to be one of the year’s most substantial conversations on brain health, resilience and mental wellbeing.

Hosted by South African health science company Natroceutics, with support from FIRST/LIGHT and Fagron, the CPD-accredited Integrative Mental Health Symposium takes place in Cape Town on Saturday, 29 August 2026, and in Johannesburg on Sunday, 30 August 2026.

The timing is deliberate. Mental health has become one of the defining healthcare challenges of our generation, and clinicians are increasingly looking beyond the treatment of illness to understand how nutrition, inflammation, sleep, lifestyle and resilience shape long-term mental wellbeing. The Integrative Mental Health Symposium brings that research into one room, drawing on psychiatry, clinical psychology, nutritional science, phytopharmaceutical research and human performance.

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The programme is designed for healthcare professionals, practitioners, pharmacists and wellness leaders, and attendees registered with the HPCSA can earn SAMA-accredited CPD and CEU points. Beyond the presentations, the day offers space to question the faculty directly and to connect with peers working across the mental health field.

The Integrative Mental Health Symposium details

Cape Town

• Date: Saturday, 29 August 2026
• Time: 09:30 to 16:00
• Venue: Marriott Crystal Towers, Century City

Johannesburg

• Date: Sunday, 30 August 2026
• Time: 09:30 to 16:00
• Venue: Bryanston Country Club, Bryanston

Registration is R1,800 per delegate via the Integrative Mental Health Symposium website.

The international faculty

Dr Adrian Lopresti (Australia) is one of Australia’s leading Clinical Psychologists and the Managing Director of Clinical Research Australia, where he leads randomised controlled trials into nutritional, herbal and lifestyle interventions for mental health. An Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University with more than 70 peer-reviewed publications, he is widely regarded as a pioneer of nutritional psychiatry and the developer of Personalised Integrative Therapy, a framework combining psychological care with nutrition, lifestyle medicine and targeted nutraceuticals. He opens the programme with two presentations: Integrative Mental Health and the Modern Practitioner and The Science and Mechanisms of Action of Saffron.

Dr Binu Kuruvilla (India) is a physician, clinical research scientist and global authority in phytopharmaceutical research, with a career spanning internal medicine, oncology and international clinical trials. He is best known for his pioneering work on curcumin, including the development and clinical evaluation of BCM-95® Bio-Curcumin®, one of the world’s most extensively researched bioavailable curcumin formulations. He presents The Role of Inflammation and Curcumin in Mental Health and The Science of Ashwagandha and Its Role in Anxiety, offering a biological perspective on how inflammation, immunity and nutrition influence the brain.

Richard Sutton (South Africa) is a Cape Town-based authority on human performance, resilience and leadership, and the founder and CEO of SuttonHealth and The Performance Code. Over 25 years he has advised Olympic champions, World No. 1 athletes and multinational leadership teams, and served as Director of Athletic Development for China’s Olympic programme ahead of Beijing 2008. He is the author of four bestselling books, including The Stress Code and the forthcoming Shift Happens. His session, Managing Mood, Emotions and Health: Lessons from the World’s Best Performers, brings the symposium’s insights into the worlds of business, sport and leadership.

Dr William Wallace (USA) is a nutritional biochemist and clinical researcher who holds a PhD in Health and Human Performance. He has spent more than a decade developing science-led nutritional formulations for international natural health companies, and is known to a wider audience as creator and host of the Daily Value Podcast and author of the Field Notes educational series. His keynote, Essential Nutrients and Nutrition for Mental Health and Performance in the Modern World, makes the case for nutrition as a cornerstone of preventative healthcare.

Dr Kevin Stoloff (South Africa) is a Specialist Psychiatrist recognised for his expertise in neuropsychiatry and personalised psychiatric medicine. A graduate of the University of Cape Town with specialist training through the University of the Witwatersrand and advanced certification in neuropsychiatry through Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, he has served as Consultant Psychiatrist at Akeso Kenilworth in Cape Town since 2015. He closes the day with The Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics in Mental Healthcare, examining one of the fastest-moving areas of psychiatric research through the lens of clinical evidence, patient safety and ethical practice.

Registration for the Integrative Mental Health Symposiumis open at https://integrativementalhealthsymposium.co.za/ and enquiries can be directed to info@integrativementalhealthsymposium.co.za.

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