Browsing Psychiatry by Subject "Mental illness"

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Can we close the barn door before the horses get out? A case study of high genetic loading and subsequent development of psychosis

Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw); Lombard, M.; Ladikos, Anastasios (In House Publications, 2011-07)

No abstract available.
A comparison of psychosocial and psychiatric features of mentally capable versus mentally incapable individuals referred by the courts for forensic psychiatric observation in relation to an alleged sexual offence

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 ...
Design and development process of a youth depression screening m-health application for primary health care workers in South Africa and Zambia : an overview of the MEGA project

Lahti, Mari; Groen, Gunter; Mwape, Lonia; Korhonen, Joonas; Breet, Elsie; Chapima, Fabian; Coetzee, Marita; Ellila, Heikki; Jansen, Ronelle; Jonker, Deporah; Jorns-Presentati, Astrid; Mbanga, Ireen; Mukwato, Patrcicia; Mundenda, John; Mutagubya, Joseph; Janse van Rensburg-Bonthuyzen, Ega; Seedat, Soraya; Stein, Dan J.; Suliman, Sharain; Sukwa, Thomas; Turunen, Timo-J.; Valtins, Karlis; Van den Heuvel, Leigh; Wahila, Ruth; Grobler, Gerhard Paul (Taylor and Francis, 2020)

Literature indicates a high prevalence and burden of mental illness in youths world-wide, which may be even higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), such as South Africa and Zambia. Additionally, there is a lack ...
Do medical students feel career ready after their psychiatry clinical rotation?

Ives, Kim; Becker, Piet J.; Lippi, Gian; Kruger, Christa (AOSIS, 2019-11-29)

BACKGROUND : In the South African healthcare system, mentally ill patients first come into contact with primary care physicians who then refer these patients for specialised care if needed. Medical students therefore ...
Factors associated with the successful completion of a substance rehabilitation programme at a psychiatric training hospital

Dreyer, Justine; Pooe, Jacobeth M.; Dzikiti, Loveness Nyaradzo; Kruger, Christa (AOSIS, 2020-02)

BACKGROUND : Comorbid psychiatric and substance use disorders are common and present several treatment challenges. AIM : The aim of this study was to determine which patient and substance factors are associated with the ...
Limited access to an individual's mental content - a constraint on the strength of our knowledge in the courts

Van Staden, C.W. (Werdie) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-10)

The role of neuroscience on the limited access of psychiatrists and other parties to the mental content of an individual and the use in courts.
Psychoneuroimmunology in terms of the two main stress axes: Sickness behaviour as trigger for development of mental disorders

Viljoen, Margaretha (University of Pretoria, 2003)

Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
A survey of HIV-related knowledge among adult psychiatric patients. A South African Study - Part 2

Magagula, T.G.; Mamabolo, M.M.; Kruger, Christa; Fletcher, Lizelle (In House Publications, 2012-09)

OBJECTIVE: Studies have reported an increased prevalence of HIV infection among psychiatric patients. Inaccurate HIV knowledge is included as a factor in the increased risk of HIV infection in the mentally ill, but few ...
A survey of risk behaviour for contracting HIV among adult psychiatric patients. A South African study - Part 1

Mamabolo, M.M.; Magagula, T.G.; Kruger, Christa; Fletcher, Lizelle (In House Publications, 2012-09)

OBJECTIVE: Various studies have reported increased prevalence of HIV infection among psychiatric patients. Psychiatric patients are under-evaluated in terms of their HIV risk behaviour. The study sought to establish the ...

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