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Publications (41,443)

Organising for self-advocacy in mental health: experiences from seven African countries.

Journal: African journal of psychiatry

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Kleintjes S S Lund C C Swartz L L

A confirmatory factor analysis of the General Health Questionnaire-28 in a Black South African sample.

Journal: Journal of health psychology

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  de Kock Francois S FS Görgens-Ekermans Gina G Dhladhla Thamsanqla J TJ

Towards a treatment model for family therapy for schizophrenia in an urban African setting: Results from a qualitative study.

Journal: The International journal of social psychiatry

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Asmal Laila L Mall Sumaya S Emsley Robin R Chiliza Bonginkosi B Swartz Leslie L

The VUKA family program: piloting a family-based psychosocial intervention to promote health and mental health among HIV infected early adolescents in South Africa.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Bhana Arvin A Mellins Claude A CA Petersen Inge I Alicea Stacey S Myeza Nonhlahla N Holst Helga H Abrams Elaine E John Sally S Chhagan Meera M Nestadt Danielle F DF

Childhood psychological problems in school settings in rural Southern Africa.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Cortina Melissa A MA Fazel Mina M Hlungwani Tintswalo Mercy TM Kahn Kathleen K Tollman Stephen S Cortina-Borja Mario M Stein Alan A

Measuring depression and anxiety in sub-saharan Africa.

Journal: Depression and anxiety

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Sweetland Annika C AC Belkin Gary S GS Verdeli Helena H

Neurodevelopment in perinatally HIV-infected children: a concern for adolescence.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Laughton Barbara B Cornell Morna M Boivin Michael M Van Rie Annelies A

Are depressive symptoms more common among British South Asian patients compared with British White patients with cancer? A cross-sectional survey.

Journal: BMJ open

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Lord Karen K Ibrahim Kausher K Kumar Sawan S Mitchell Alex J AJ Rudd Nicky N Symonds R Paul RP

The contemporary practice of psychiatric surgery: results from a global survey of functional neurosurgeons.

Journal: Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Mendelsohn Daniel D Lipsman Nir N Lozano Andres M AM Taira Takaomi T Bernstein Mark M

Health conditions and support needs of persons living in residential facilities for adults with intellectual disability in Western Cape Province.

Journal: South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  McKenzie J J McConkey R R Adnams C C

Cannabis use and family history in adolescent first episode psychosis in Durban, South Africa.

Journal: Journal of child and adolescent mental health

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Paruk Saeeda S Burns Jonathan K JK Caplan Rochelle R

Prevalence and patterns of medication use in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Journal: Journal of child and adolescent mental health

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Louw Kerry-Ann KA Bentley Judith J Sorsdahl Katherine K Adnams Colleen M CM

Systematic review and voxel-based meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging studies in bipolar disorder.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Nortje Gareth G Stein Dan J DJ Radua Joaquim J Mataix-Cols David D Horn Neil N

Mediating words, mediating worlds: interpreting as hidden care work in a South African psychiatric institution.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Smith Jénine J Swartz Leslie L Kilian Sanja S Chiliza Bonginkosi B

Pregabalin for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: an update.

Journal: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Baldwin David S DS Ajel Khalil K Masdrakis Vasilios G VG Nowak Magda M Rafiq Rizwan R

Screening and brief interventions for substance use in emergency departments in the Western Cape province of South Africa: views of health care professionals.

Journal: International journal of injury control and safety promotion

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Sorsdahl Katherine K Myers Bronwyn B Ward Cathy C Matzopoulos Richard R Mtukushe Bulelwa B Nicol Andrew A Stein Dan J DJ

The sensitivity and specificity of subjective memory complaints and the subjective memory rating scale, deterioration cognitive observee, mini-mental state examination, six-item screener and clock drawing test in dementia screening.

Journal: Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Ramlall S S Chipps J J Bhigjee A I AI Pillay B J BJ

Classification systems in psychiatry: diagnosis and global mental health in the era of DSM-5 and ICD-11.

Journal: Current opinion in psychiatry

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Stein Dan J DJ Lund Crick C Nesse Randolph M RM

Culture, salience, and psychiatric diagnosis: exploring the concept of cultural congruence & its practical application.

Journal: Philosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Rashed Mohammed Abouelleil MA

Health service utilization by patients with common mental disorder identified by the Self-Reporting Questionnaire in a primary care setting in Zomba, Malawi: a descriptive study.

Journal: The International journal of social psychiatry

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Udedi Michael M Swartz Leslie L Stewart Robert C RC Kauye Felix F

The relationship of living arrangements and depressive symptoms among older adults in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  McKinnon Brittany B Harper Sam S Moore Spencer S

Help-seeking behaviour, barriers to care and experiences of care among persons with depression in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Andersson Lena M C LMC Schierenbeck Isabell I Strumpher Johanita J Krantz Gunilla G Topper Kegan K Backman Gunilla G Ricks Esmeralda E Van Rooyen Dalena D

Acute effects of Sceletium tortuosum (Zembrin), a dual 5-HT reuptake and PDE4 inhibitor, in the human amygdala and its connection to the hypothalamus.

Journal: Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Terburg David D Syal Supriya S Rosenberger Lisa A LA Heany Sarah S Phillips Nicole N Gericke Nigel N Stein Dan J DJ van Honk Jack J

Exploring mental health adjustment of children post sexual assault in South Africa.

Journal: Journal of child sexual abuse

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Mathews Shanaaz S Abrahams Naeemah N Jewkes Rachel R

Positive parenting for positive parents: HIV/AIDS, poverty, caregiver depression, child behavior, and parenting in South Africa.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Lachman Jamie M JM Cluver Lucie D LD Boyes Mark E ME Kuo Caroline C Casale Marisa M

Dental caries prevalence in children attending special needs schools in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Journal: SADJ : journal of the South African Dental Association = tydskrif van die Suid-Afrikaanse Tandheelkundige Vereniging

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Nqcobo C B CB Yengopal V V Rudolph M J MJ Thekiso M M Joosab Z Z

Testosterone and acute stress are associated with fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor in African men: the SABPA study.

Journal: International journal of cardiology

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Malan Nicolaas T NT von Känel Roland R Schutte Alta E AE Huisman Hugo W HW Schutte Rudolph R Smith Wayne W Mels Carina M CM Kruger Ruan R Meiring Muriel M van Rooyen Johannes M JM

Effects of acute and chronic stress on the L-arginine nitric oxide pathway in black and white South Africans: the sympathetic activity and ambulatory blood pressure in Africans study.

Journal: Psychosomatic medicine

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Reimann Manja M Hamer Mark M Malan Nicolaas T NT Schlaich Markus P MP Lambert Gavin W GW Ziemssen Tjalf T Boeger Rainer H RH Malan Leoné L

Motives for self-harm: views of nurses in a secure unit.

Journal: International nursing review

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Sandy P T PT

Pathways to poor educational outcomes for HIV/AIDS-affected youth in South Africa.

Journal: AIDS care

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Orkin Mark M Boyes Mark E ME Cluver Lucie D LD Zhang Yuning Y

Procoagulant reactivity to laboratory acute mental stress in Africans and Caucasians, and its relation to depressive symptoms: the SABPA study.

Journal: Thrombosis and haemostasis

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  von Känel R R Hamer M M Malan N T NT Scheepers K K Meiring M M Malan L L

The relationship between social support and anxiety among caregivers of children in HIV-endemic South Africa.

Journal: Psychology, health & medicine

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Casale Marisa M Wild Lauren L Cluver Lucie L Kuo Caroline C

Policy implementation in wheelchair service delivery in a rural South African setting.

Journal: African journal of disability

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Visagie Surona S Scheffler Elsje E Schneider Marguerite M

Housing conditions and mental health of orphans in South Africa.

Journal: Health & place

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Marais Lochner L Sharp Carla C Pappin Michele M Lenka Molefi M Cloete Jan J Skinner Donald D Serekoane Joe J

Global mental health: a sustainable post Millennium Development Goal?

Journal: International health

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Tomlinson Mark M

Understanding the local context for the application of global mental health: a rural South African experience.

Journal: International health

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Braathen Stine Hellum SH Vergunst Richard R Mji Gubela G Mannan Hasheem H Swartz Leslie L

Infant emotional withdrawal: a precursor of affective and cognitive disturbance in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.

Journal: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Molteno Christopher D CD Jacobson Joseph L JL Carter R Colin RC Dodge Neil C NC Jacobson Sandra W SW

HIV+ and HIV- youth living in group homes in South Africa need more psychosocial support.

Journal: Vulnerable children and youth studies

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Nestadt D F DF Alicea S S Petersen I I John S S Myeza N P NP Nicholas S W SW Cohen L G LG Holst H H Bhana A A McKay M M MM

The impact of antenatal mental distress on functioning and capabilities: views of health care providers and service users in Cape Town, South Africa.

Journal: Disability and rehabilitation

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Mall Sumaya S Honikman Simone S Evans Bronwyn B Swartz Leslie L Lund Crick C

Psychiatric classification, stigma, and mental health.

Journal: African journal of psychiatry

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Stein D J DJ