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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 ...
A cross-sectional descriptive study of clinical features and course of illness in a South African population with bipolar disorder

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 ...
Emotionally triggered involuntary violent behaviour not attributed to a mental disorder : conceptual criteria and their reliability

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), ...
Genetic variation and clinical variables contributing to Schizophrenia in a Founder Population from South Africa

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 ...
Meanings of loneliness : the subjective experience of psychiatric patients

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 ...
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
The qualitative affordances of active and receptive music therapy techniques in major depressive disorder and schizophrenia-spectrum psychotic disorders

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 ...
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, ...
The therapeutic relationship as reflected in the experiences of hospitalised psychiatric patients : an explorative-descriptive study

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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