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(Elsevier, 2022-01)BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE : The most recent versions of the two main mental disorders classifications-the World Health Organization's ICD-11 and the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5-differ substantially in their diagnostic ...
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(Sage, 2022-12)INTRODUCTION : Social factors are increasingly being used to determine health outcomes. The concept of social determinants of health has been used to shape policies that address disparities. There is a paucity of such ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2022-10-10)Steady progress in the field of psychiatric genetics, generating new and fascinating insight into the genetic and phenotypic complexity of schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses, have created an increased need ...
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(MDPI, 2022-07-26)The challenges in assessing whether psychiatric treatment should be provided on voluntary, assisted or involuntary legal bases prompted the development of an assessment algorithm that may aid clinicians. It comprises a ...
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(Wiley Open Access, 2022-12)BACKGROUND : In developing countries, mental health literacy (MHL) still needs to be improved due to the high prevalence of mental disorders. It is widely recognized that MHL can improve health outcomes for both individuals ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-01-31)BACKGROUND : Sodium valproate is considered the most teratogenic of all anticonvulsant drugs. Internationally, new regulations require women to sign risk assessment forms if initiated on it. AIM : This study aimed to ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-03-24)BACKGROUND: Although mental health literacy is a major determining factor of mental health outcomes and functional capacity of individuals, there is dearth of research on the issue in South Africa. AIM: To assess the ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-04-29)BACKGROUND: In psychiatry, there is still a lack of objective biological diagnostic measurements. It is important to investigate measurements or symptom dimensions that can inform diagnostic assessments and allow for a ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-07-29)BACKGROUND: In the Life Esidimeni tragedy, crucial voices of mental healthcare users and practitioners were silenced, captured in the Ombud’s report as a ‘failure to listen’. Working against this kind of failure, various ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-01-18)All healthcare practitioners should be aware of ethical principles and legislation relevant to end-of-life care. The aim of this scientific letter is to highlight some important South African legal developments that might ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-02-17)BACKGROUND: The use of antipsychotic medication, particularly second generation antipsychotics (SGAs) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in people with severe mental illness (SMI). Few studies have compared ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-09)A few items of existing schizophrenia scales measure avolition, but no research has been reported on vigour in schizophrenia, including whether avolition would be more or less the inverse of vigour. Such research requires ...
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(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-28)There are many complex concepts to consider during end-of-life discussions and advance care planning, especially when vulnerable populations such as older individuals with serious mental illness are involved. This article ...
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(Routledge, 2023)The role and nature of conflict in the development and manifestation of dissociative identity disorder (DID) remains underexplored beyond theoretical deduction. In this qualitative instrumental case study, we explored the ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-05-27)BACKGROUND: Globally interest has grown in promoting the rights of patients, especially psychiatric patients. Two core elements of patients’ rights are the rights to be treated in a dignified manner and to give feedback ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-02-26)BACKGROUND: Occupational therapists have been using group therapy as their preferred treatment modality in mental healthcare since the origin of the profession. In private mental healthcare units, major depressive disorder ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-03-23)BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based practice has gained increasing attention in the mental health community over the last four decades, and many studies have explored the evidence of its various benefits among healthcare users ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-04)As many of us served as members of the Council of Psychiatrists, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, for the triennium 2017 - 2020, we were keen to understand how workplace experiences and supervision could affect ...
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(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2021-09-22)BACKGROUND : The study’s main aim was to assess the end-of-life decision-making capacity and health-related values of older people with serious mental illness. METHODS : A cross-sectional, observational study, was done ...
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(MDPI, 2022-03-28)In schizophrenia, none of the standard anxiety measures exhibit strong psychometric properties, and all performed poorly against quality assessment criteria. Developed for the schizophrenia population, this study examined ...
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