• 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, F.A.M. (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, A.C. (Astrid); 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 ...
• Development of a mobile application for detection of adolescent mental health problems and feasibility assessment with primary health care workers 

  Groen, Gunter; Joerns-Presentati, Astrid; Dessauvagie, Anja; Seedat, Soraya; Van den Heuvel, Leigh L.; Suliman, Sharain; Grobler, G.P.; Jansen, Ronelle; Mwape, Lonia; Mukwato, Patricia; Chapima, Fabian; Korhonen, Joonas; Stein, Dan J.; Jonker, Deborah; Mudenda, John; Turunen, Timo; Valtins, Karlis; Beinarovica, Anete; Grada, Leva; Lahti, Mari (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 ...
• Reflections on pellagra, the then and the now 

  Viljoen, Margaretha; Claassen, Nico (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 ...
• Mental health symptoms among homeless shelter residents during COVID-19 lockdown in Tshwane, South Africa 

  Stonehouse, Joanelle; Grobler, Gerhard Paul; Bhoora, Urvisha; Janse van Rensburg, Michelle Nedine Schorn (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 ...
• Validity of categories related to gender identity in ICD-11 and DSM-5 among transgender individuals who seek gender-affirming medical procedures 

  Robles, Rebeca; Keeley, Jared W.; Vega-Ramírez, Hamid; Cruz-Islas, Jeremy; Rodríguez-Perez, Victor; Sharan, Pratap; Purnima, Shivani; Rao, Ravindra; Rodrigues-Lobato, María Ines; Soll, Bianca; Askevis-Leherpeux, Francoise; Roelandt, Jean-Luc; Campbell, Megan; Grobler, Gerhard Paul; Stein, Dan J.; Khoury, Brigitte; Khoury, Joseph El; Fresan, Ana; Medina-Mora, María-Elena; Reed, Geoffrey M. (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 ...
• Psychiatric genetic counseling for patients with schizophrenia and their families 

  Kotze, Carla; Zwide, Gopolang (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 ...
• Algorithmic assessments in deciding on voluntary, assisted or involuntary psychiatric treatment 

  Grobler, Gerhard Paul; Van Staden, Werdie (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 ...
• Early deviant behaviour as a dimension trait and endophenotype in schizophrenia 

  Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw); Kotze, Carla (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 ...
• Patients’ voices from music therapy at a South African psychiatric hospital 

  Lotter, Carol; Van Staden, Werdie (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 ...
• End-of-life care in South Africa : important legal developments 

  Kotze, Carla; Roos, J.L. (Johannes Louw) (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 ...
• Validity and reliability of the Vigour Assessment Scale in avolitional schizophrenia outpatients 

  Dlagnekova, Antonia; Van Staden, Werdie; Masenge, Andries (Elsevier, 2021-09)

  A few items of existing schizophrenia scales measure avolition, but no research has been reported on vigour in schizophrenia, including whether avolition would be more or less the inverse of vigour. Such research requires ...

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