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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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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(Taylor and Francis, 2022)INTRODUCTION : There has been a sharp increase in the use of digital health interventions in global health, particularly mobile health applications, in recent years. The extreme shortage of health care providers trained ...
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(Mattioli1885, 2022-12)By the mid-20th century, pellagra had virtually been eradicated from the USA and Europe. In contrast, outbreaks of pellagra, as diagnosed by skin lesions, today still occur in sub-Saharan Africa. We argue that outbreaks ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-04-03)BACKGROUND : In order to contain the spread of COVID-19 in South Africa during the national state of emergency, the Gauteng Department of Social Development established temporary shelters and activated existing facilities ...
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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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(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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(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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