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Dietary intake, nutrition, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
(Elsevier, 2014)In this study, we describe the nutritional status of women from a South African community with very high rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Nutrient intake (24-2 hours recall) of mothers of children with ... -
Codeine misuse and dependence in South Africa : perspectives of addiction treatment providers
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)Background. General practitioners are referring patients with codeine-related problems to specialist treatment facilities, but little is known about the addiction treatment providers, the kinds of treatment they provide, ... -
Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries : a situation analysis
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2017-01-05)Background: Mental, neurological and substance use disorders contribute to a significant proportion of the world’s disease burden, including in low and middle income countries (LMICs). In this study, we focused on the ... -
Harmful use of alcohol : a shadow over Sub-Saharan Africa in need of workable solutions
(MDPI, 2017)Alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable burden of disease in Africa are expected to rise in the near future, yet. increasing alcohol-related harm receives little attention from policymakers and from the population ... -
Cortisol levels in different tissue samples in posttraumatic stress disorder patients versus controls : a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-01-07)Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder that develops following exposure to severely stressful events. Altered cortisol secretion has been reported in PTSD; however, results have been inconsistent ... -
Adolescent and nurse perspectives of psychotherapeutic interventions for PTSD delivered through task-shifting in a low resource setting
(Public Library of Science, 2017)Background: This investigation compared the perceived effectiveness of supportive counselling (SC) and prolonged exposure for adolescents (PE-A) by treatment users (adolescents with PTSD) and non-specialist treatment ... -
Sniffing out olfactory reference syndrome
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Olfactory reference syndrome is characterised by the erroneous belief that one emits an unpleasant body odour. This results in significant distress and is often accompanied by repetitive behaviour such as frequent showering ... -
Junior medical students’ knowledge about and attitudes towards electroconvulsive therapy in a South African setting
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Background: Although electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment modality with a long history of use in psychiatry, it remains controversial owing to misconceptions and negative attitudes among the ... -
Cognitive-perceptual deficits and symptom correlates in first-episode schizophrenia
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Background: Thought disorder and visual-perceptual deficits have been well documented, but their relationships with clinical symptoms and cognitive function remain unclear. Cognitive-perceptual deficits may underscore ... -
Understanding and treating trauma and violence-related pathologies in South African townships : emergence and modifiability of epigenetic and neural memories of traumatic stressors and appetitive offending
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Prolonged exposure to traumatic stress results in sustained activation of biological responses, which affect shared similar pathways, leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a serious mental ... -
South Africa's salt reduction strategy : are we on track, and what lies ahead?
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2017)On 2 September 2016, 25 local and international participants from various sectors met in Cape Town to take stock of South Africa (SA)’s progress in salt reduction and develop a roadmap for action. SA is centre stage on ... -
Report on the first government-funded opioid substitution programme for heroin users in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2017)Background. Although pharmacological opioid substitution treatment (OST) is a well-established treatment modality for heroin addiction, it is a relatively recent introduction in low- and middle-income countries. Objective. ... -
Reducing substance use and risky sexual behaviour among drug users in Durban, South Africa : assessing the impact of community-level risk-reduction interventions
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use is increasingly recognised as having a direct and indirect effect on the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, there is evidence to suggest that drug- and sex-related ... -
The burden of mental disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2013
(Public Library of Science, 2017)The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is witnessing an increase in chronic disorders, including mental illness. With ongoing unrest, this is expected to rise. This is the first study to quantify the burden of mental ... -
Once-monthly paliperidone palmitate in early stage schizophrenia – a retrospective, non-interventional 1-year study of patients with newly diagnosed schizophrenia
(Dove Medical Press, 2017)Background: Long-acting antipsychotic therapy may be best suited for patients in the early stage of schizophrenia, when the most can be done before disease progression associated with poor adherence occurs. We explored the ... -
Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder : a systematic review of treatment options
(Dove Medical Press, 2017)Although pathological skin-picking has been documented in the medical literature since the 19th century, it has only recently been included as a distinct entity in psychiatric classification systems. In the Diagnostic and ... -
Prolonged exposure therapy and supportive counselling for posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents in a community-based sample, including experiences of stakeholders : study protocol for a comparative randomized controlled trial using task-shifting
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2018-09-06)Background: There is a dearth of empirical evidence on the effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in developing countries. The primary ... -
Study protocol for a longitudinal study evaluating the impact of rape on women's health and their use of health services in South Africa
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-09)Introduction South Africa is a country known for its high levels of HIV infection and sexual violence. Although the interface between gender-based violence, HIV and mental health has been described, there are substantial gaps ... -
Integrated community case management of childhood illness in low- and middle-income countries
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. on behalf of The Cochrane Collaboration, 2017)This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of the integrated community case management (iCCM) strategy for children younger than five years of age in ... -
The socioeconomic profile of alcohol-attributable mortality in South Africa : a modelling study
(BioMed Central, 2018-06-25)Background: Globally, illness and life expectancy follow a social gradient that puts people of lower socioeconomic status (SES) at higher risk of dying prematurely. Alcohol consumption has been shown to be a factor ...
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