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Post-traumatic stress disorder among recently diagnosed patients with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

Olley B.O.; Zeier M.D.; Seedat S.; Stein D.J. (2005)

This study examined the prevalence of and factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in recently diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa. One hundred and forty-nine (44 male, 105 female) recently diagnosed ...

Sexual risk factors associated with volunteering for HIV vaccine research in South Africa

Smit J.; Middelkoop K.; Myer L.; Seedat S.; Wood R.; Stein D.J.; Bekker L.-G. (2006)

There are few data on how the risk profiles of individuals who volunteer for HIV vaccine research compare to the general population from which participants are recruited. This study contrasts demographic and sexual risk ...

Determinants of unprotected sex among HIV-positive patients in South Africa

Olley B.O.; Seedat S.; Gxamza F.; Reuter H.; Stein D.J. (2005)

This study examined the prevalence of unprotected sex, other sexual risk behaviours, and factors associated with unprotected sex among men and women recently diagnosed with HIV in South Africa. One hundred and forty-nine ...

Validity of the K-10 in detecting DSM-IV-defined depression and anxiety disorders among HIV-infected individuals

Spies G.; Kader K.; Kidd M.; Smit J.; Myer L.; Stein D.J.; Seedat S. (2009)

It has been suggested that an HIV diagnosis may increase the likelihood of mental disorders among infected individuals and that the progression of HIV may be hastened by mental disorders like anxiety and depression. ...

Adjunctive quetiapine for serotonin reuptake inhibitor-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled treatment trials

Fineberg N.A.; Stein D.J.; Premkumar P.; Carey P.; Sivakumaran T.; Vythilingum B.; Seedat S.; Westenberg H.; Denys D. (2006)

Small studies have shown positive effects from adding a variety of antipsychotic agents in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who are unresponsive to treatment with serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The evidence, ...

The prevalence and correlates of hallucinations in a general population sample: Findings from the South African Stress and Health Study

Temmingh H.; Stein D.J.; Seedat S.; Williams D.R. (2011)

Investigation of telomere length and psychological stress in rape victims

Malan S.; Hemmings S.; Kidd M.; Martin L.; Seedat S. (2011)

Hoarding in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Clinical and genetic correlates

Lochner C.; Kinnear C.J.; Hemmings S.M.J.; Seller C.; Niehaus D.J.H.; Knowles J.A.; Daniels W.; Moolman-Smook J.C.; Seedat S.; Stein D.J. (2005)

Objective: Hoarding may be an important symptom dimension in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Hoarding in OCD has been associated with poor insight, poorer response to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors than other ...

The association between hypertension and depression and anxiety disorders: Results from a nationally-representative sample of South African adults

Grimsrud A.; Stein D.J.; Seedat S.; Williams D.; Myer L. (2009)

Objective: Growing evidence suggests high levels of comorbidity between hypertension and mental illness but there are few data from low- and middle-income countries. We examined the association between hypertension and ...

Escitalopram in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Response of symptom dimensions to pharmacotherapy

Stein D.J.; Carey P.D.; Lochner C.; Seedat S.; Fineberg N.; Andersen E.W. (2008)

Introduction: There is a substantial body of evidence that obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms can be grouped into a series of discrete dimensions, and some evidence that not all OCD symptom dimensions respond ...