• Schneiderian first rank symptoms significantly predict a dissociative disorder diagnosis in psychiatric in-patients 

  Kruger, Christa; Fletcher, Lizelle (Taylor and Francis, 2025)

  Previous empirical studies on the relationship between psychotic symptoms and dissociative disorders focused on auditory hallucinations only or employed limited statistical analyses. We investigated whether the frequency ...
• Vigour as a marker of positive mental health among social media respondents 

  Dlagnekova, Antonia; Van Staden, Werdie (Elsevier, 2024-10)

  BACKGROUND : Quantitative research on vigour as a therapeutically responsive marker of positive mental health, has become possible by virtue of the validation of the Vigour Assessment Scale (VAS). Considering that its ...
• Agentive steadfastness as trait marker in relation to temperament and character 

  Vosloo, Cristel; Van Staden, Werdie (Elsevier, 2024-09)

  BACKGROUND : Agentive steadfastness was identified as a potential trait marker with which to anticipate prognostically that a patient will persevere steadfastly and take congruent action in facing the demands of living. ...
• The effects of inpatient suicide on nurses at Weskoppies Hospital : a qualitative study 

  Zola, Nomthandazo; Mtetwa, Thandazile G.; Khamker, Nadira (AOSIS, 2024-05-21)

  BACKGROUND : Inpatient suicide is a serious adverse event in psychiatric wards. Suicide can cause severe trauma to both patients and health professionals, who may develop maladaptation with poor coping skills. Healthcare ...
• Factors associated with long hospitalisation for psychotic disorder patients in an acute ward : tertiary care hospital 

  Paliweni-Zwane, Tshepiso I.; Modisane, Lucas N.; Grobler, Gerhard Paul (AOSIS, 2024-04-23)

  BACKGROUND : The average length of stay is often used to indicate health system efficiency; shorter stays are associated with reduced costs. In South Africa, mental healthcare expenditure is spent on inpatient care. AIM ...
• Comparing the medication costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who use cannabis with those who do not 

  Nowbath, Nikhil; Abdelatif, Nada; Lippi, Gian (AOSIS, 2024-04-15)

  BACKGROUND: Cannabis use is more prevalent among people with schizophrenia than in the general population. This usage detrimentally impacts disease prognosis, contributing to escalated admissions, heightened severity ...
• Validity and reliability of the agentive steadfastness index 

  Vosloo, Cristel; Van Staden, Werdie (Wiley, 2024-06)

  Agentive steadfastness is a hitherto unarticulated and unmeasured construct, although clinicians may have drawn intuitively on it in anticipating clients' prognosis and anticipated responsiveness to adverse events. Following ...
• Validity and reliability of the Vigour Assessment Scale and an invigoration task in remitted but avolitional schizophrenia 

  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 ...
• Ethical principles, challenges and opportunities when conducting genetic counselling for schizophrenia 

  Zingela, Zukiswa; Sokudela, Funeka; Thungana, Yanga; Van Wyk, Stephan (Frontiers Media, 2023-06-21)

  Ethical challenges of genetic counselling for schizophrenia include effective communication of critical scientific information in an easily understood manner by patients and relatives, and the ability to ensure communication ...
• Readmission of adolescent psychiatric patients to a specialised unit in Gauteng, South Africa 

  Brown, Sarah-Anne; Moeketsi, Tshepiso D.; Musekiwa, Alfred; Moodley, Saiendhra Vasudevan (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2023-07-27)

  BACKGROUND : Readmission rates to child and adolescent psychiatric units among the youth have been reported to be increasing. AIM : The study aimed to determine the readmission rate and factors associated with readmission ...
• Factors affecting readmission of adolescent mental healthcare users to a psychiatric hospital 

  Eichstadt, Stephanie A.; Chetty, Shren; Magagula, T.G.; Swart, Xan (AOSIS, 2023-11-15)

  BACKGROUND : Adolescent mental illness is increasing worldwide, leading to more admissions to psychiatric institutions. Many adolescents may require multiple readmissions, which is disruptive to their holistic well-being ...
• Attitudes of medical students regarding legalisation of cannabis and cannabis-education 

  Eiselen, Evan; Naidu, Kalai; Viljoen, Maryn (AOSIS, 2023-11-07)

  BACKGROUND : Recreational and medicinal use of cannabis is topical in the light of more permissive legislation regarding the substance worldwide. AIM : The primary purpose of this study is to determine the attitudes that ...
• Pathophysiological aspects of exposure to dampness-associated indoor mould and mycotoxins : a mini-overview 

  Viljoen, Margaretha; Claassen, Nicolaas (Elsevier, 2023-02)

  Indoor mould growth presents a potential health risk. The aim of this writing is to provide an overview on the pathophysiological aspects of exposure to dampness-associated indoor mould and mycotoxins. The paper briefly ...
• The validity of a therapeutic invigoration task in avolitional schizophrenia outpatients 

  Dlagnekova, Antonia; Van Staden, Werdie (Wiley, 2024-01)

  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Avolition is associated with much morbidity and functional impairment in schizophrenia patients. Vigor may be taken as, in part, the inverse of avolition, but it has not been investigated as a ...
• Twelve weeks of additional fish intake improves the cognition of cognitively intact, resource-limited elderly people : a randomized control trial 

  Kühn, Lizette; MacIntyre, Una Elizabeth; Kotze, Carla; Becker, Piet J.; Wenhold, Friedeburg Anna Maria (Springer, 2022-02)

  INTRODUCTION : Dietary omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may reduce the risk of dementia. Many studies have investigated PUFA supplementation in high-income countries, yet food-based randomized control trials using ...
• Race in health research : considerations for researchers and research ethics committees 

  Van Staden, Werdie; Nienaber, A.; Rossouw, T.; Turner, Astrid Chrisilda; Filmalter, Cecilia Jacoba; Nel, Jan Gert; Bapela, S.; Beetge, Mia-Michaela; Blumenthal, Ryan; Castelyn, Camille De Villebois; De Witt-Jordaan, T.W. (Wilma); Dlagnekova, Antonia; Kotze, Carla; Mangwane, S.; Napoles, Lizeka; Somers, R.; Sykes, Leanne M.; Van Zyl, W.B.; Venter, Marietjie; Uys, Andre; Warren, Nichola (South African Medical Association, 2023-04)

  This article provides ethical guidance on using race in health research as a variable or in defining the study population. To this end, a plain, non-exhaustive checklist is provided for researchers and research ethics ...
• Factors associated with longer hospital admission in elderly patients with major neurocognitive disorder 

  Steenkamp, Tarina; Mazibuko, Paslius S.; Kotze, Carla (AOSIS, 2023-10-23)

  BACKGROUND : Major neurocognitive disorder presents many challenges to patients, families and healthcare systems, especially when a patient requires admission to a psychiatric hospital. AIM : To identify characteristics ...
• Illness-perception in adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder : a qualitative study 

  Botha, Wanita; Van der Westhuizen, Deborah (AOSIS, 2023-03-28)

  BACKGROUND : Adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) experience aspects of their lives in diverse ways. They often have more energy and creativity which are positive traits of ADHD, while their ...
• South Africa’s psychiatric training capacity in 2008 and in 2018. Has training capacity improved? 

  Beath, Natalie; Subramaney, Ugasvaree; Zingela, Zukiswa; Chiliza, Bonginkosi; Joska, John A.; Kotze, Carla; Ramlall, Suvra; Seedat, Soraya (AOSIS, 2023-03-30)

  BACKGROUND : There is a deficit of psychiatrists in South Africa, and to our knowledge, there is no situational analysis of training posts for psychiatrists in the country. AIM : To compare the number of specialists and ...
• The qualitative development of a practical and ethical framework for the integration of spiritual aspects into the health practitioner’s consultation 

  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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