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Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa
Background: How people perceive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and understand their risk can influence their health, behaviours and …
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Evaluation of an undergraduate psychiatric clinical rotation: Exploring student perceptions
BACKGROUND: Globally, the appropriate transformation of medical training is critical to ensure the graduation of competent physicians who can address …
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Clinical use of neuro-imaging in psychiatric patients at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Background: Neuro-imaging is relatively new in psychiatry. Although the actual role of neuro-imaging in psychiatry remains unclear, it is used …
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Premorbid adjustment amongst outpatients with schizophrenia in a Nigerian psychiatric facility
Background: Studies from developed countries have shown that poor premorbid adjustment in patients with schizophrenia is associated with poor outcome. …
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Developing and testing a South African Brief Cognitive Score in literate and illiterate people of mixed language groups
Background: The Folstein mini mental state exam (MMSE) is the most commonly administered assessment of cognitive functioning; however, its utility …
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Characteristics of persons accused of intimate partner homicide amongst forensic psychiatric observations
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner homicide (IPH) is a global public health problem. One study conducted over 66 countries found that 13.5% …
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Prevalence and correlates of sexual dysfunction among patients with mental disorders in a tertiary hospital in Southwest Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Sexual dysfunction is more common among patients with mental disorders compared to the general population. Despite this high occurrence, …
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My sibling’s mental illness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of having an adult sibling with a mental illness in semi-rural South Africa
BACKGROUND: When there is a lack of resources in the community to support deinstitutionalisation, the siblings of an individual with …
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History of postgraduate psychiatry education and training in Nigeria
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The role of Mental Health Care Act status in dignity-related complaints by psychiatric inpatients: A cross-sectional analytical study
Background: Globally interest has grown in promoting the rights of patients, especially psychiatric patients. Two core elements of patients’ rights …
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Mental illness attitudes and knowledge in non-specialist medical doctors working in state and private sectors
Background: An increasing number of South Africans utilise primary healthcare services (either in the state or private sector) for mental …
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Identifying a probable suicide cluster in an acute care psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Two young male patients who were diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis committed suicide in a psychiatric hospital in South Africa …
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Quality of individual and group level interventions for first-episode psychosis at the tertiary psychiatric hospital in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Individual and group level interventions have the largest effect on outcomes in patients with the first episode of psychosis. …
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The spectrum of functional neurological disorders: A retrospective analysis at a tertiary hospital in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Functional neurological disorders (FNDs) are commonly encountered in practice; however, there is a paucity of data in Africa. AIM: …
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Authorship revisited: Bestowing undue credit on students
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Psychometric evaluation of personal evaluation of transitions in treatment amongst patients with schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: Monitoring the antipsychotic medication adherence of outpatients with schizophrenia has focused majorly on the medication construct of adherence, whilst …
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Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the first psychiatric intensive care unit in Egypt
BACKGROUND: Psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) have become an essential part of psychiatric hospital design worldwide, there are few published …
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Factors associated with dropout at 2 years post-initiation of treatment in the first episode of schizophrenia
Background: Prevention of new episodes during the first 2 years after a first episode of schizophrenia (FES) may delay treatment …
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Digit ratio as an endophenotype in a schizophrenia population
BACKGROUND: Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental health condition affecting the lives of many South Africans. The origins of the heterogeneity …
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How can a 6-week training course shape mental healthcare professionals’ understanding of mindfulness? Experiences at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based practice has gained increasing attention in the mental health community over the last four decades, and many studies …