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Theses and Dissertations (Psychiatry)
Recent Submissions
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Roos (Dlagnekova), Antonia Gueorguieva
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
In the first empirical study on vigour outside an occupational context, this study examined the validity and the reliability of the Vigour Assessment Scale (VAS) in patients with remitted but avolitional schizophrenia. The ...
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Meyer van den Heever, Ellenore D.
(University of Pretoria, 2019-11)
Spiritual care of patients is considered a fundamental component of quality, compassionate
health care. In the African context spirituality is seen as a vital component of whole-person
care (Louw, 2014; De la Porte, ...
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Sokudela, Funeka Brenda
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
This is a mixed research methods study based at the forensic mental health unit of Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The overarching aim of the study was to help add insights that ...
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Lotter, C.B.
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Background and objectives: Whilst Active and Receptive Music Therapy techniques have been widely
researched and are employed within a range of contexts and with diverse client populations, this study
reports on their ...
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Coetzee, Jacobus Cornelius
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
The aim of this study was to explore the subjective experiences of loneliness by some psychiatric patients. The subjective lived experiences of research participants were examined in a qualitative research design that was ...
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Bohmer, M.W.
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
BACKGROUND
Mental health problems are on the increase, yet mental health care is a low priority worldwide. A recent report on mental health in the USA in 2015 stated that nearly 20 per cent of adults in the USA suffer ...
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Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw)
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
Thirty publications are submitted. They deal with findings of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia in an Afrikaner founder population and clinical related variables pertaining to this population.
The initial research ...
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Joubert, Pierre M.
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Emotionally triggered involuntary violent behaviour not attributed to a mental disorder: conceptual criteria and their reliability.
This study conceptualised emotionally triggered involuntary violent behaviour (ETIVB), ...
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Van der Westhuizen, Deborah
(University of Pretoria, 2001)
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Enslin, Charlene
(University of Pretoria, 2006-10-28)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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Viljoen, Margaretha
(University of Pretoria, 2003)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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Grobler, Christoffel
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
There is generally a lack of studies examining prevalence and phenomenology of bipolar disorder in Africa. In literature, a unipolar manic course of illness in particular is reported to be rare. The purpose of this study ...