Browsing Research Articles (Psychiatry) by Title
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D8/17 in obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)The finding that patients with Sydenham's chorea often demonstrate obsessive-compulsive disorder (OeD) has fostered increased interest in possible neuroimmunological mechanisms in OCD.' Increased expression of the ... -
Dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder in general practice
(Medpharm Publications, 2012)Traumatic experiences are prevalent in South Africa and may result in psychiatric disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD is accompanied by a range of psychobiological alterations, including changes ... -
A decentralised model of psychiatric care : profile, length of stay and outcome of mental healthcare users admitted to a district-level public hospital in the Western Cape
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015-02)Background. There is a lack of studies assessing the profile and outcome of psychiatric patients at entry-level public hospitals that are prescribed by the Mental Health Care Act to provide a decentralised model of psychiatric ... -
Dementia
(AOSIS Publishing, 2013-08-30)By definition, dementia is an acquired global impairment in memory, personality and intellect in an alert patient, that is sufficiently severe to interfere with social and/or occupational functioning. -
Depression and anxiety in multisomatoform disorder : prevalence and clinical predictors in primary care
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2008)Objective. Multisomatoform disorder (MSD) is characterised by ≥3 medically inexplicable, troublesome physical symptoms, together with a ≥2-year history of somatisation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence ... -
Depression and resilience in women with HIV and early life stress : does trauma play a mediating role? : a cross-sectional study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-02)Objectives: The present study sought to assess the relationship between depressive symptomatology and resilience among women infected with HIV and to investigate whether trauma exposure (childhood trauma, other discrete ... -
Developing the language of futility in psychiatry with care
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)In psychiatric practice, treatment success is, in many instances, not an achievable goal. Psychiatrists may often not acknowledge treatment failure in their patients and seldom consider that patients may be in situations ... -
Development and psychometric validation of a novel patient survey to assess perceived quality of substance abuse treatment in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2015-11)Background: A hybrid performance measurement system that combines patient-reported outcome data with administrative data has been developed for South African substance abuse treatment services. This paper describes the ... -
The development of the visual screening tool for anxiety disorders and depression : addressing barriers to screening for depression and anxiety disorders in hypertension and/or diabetes
(AOSIS, 2018-06)Background: There is a lack of screening tools for common mental disorders that can be applied across cultures, languages and levels of education in people with diabetes and hypertension. Aim: To develop a visual screening ... -
The diagnosis and management of depression in the era of the DSM-5
(Medpharm Publications, 2018)Depressive disorders comprise a range of conditions that can be viewed along many dimensions. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) introduced several changes to the chapter on ... -
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 ... -
Disability claims on psychiatric grounds
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1996)Recent years have seen an alarming increase in South Africa in applications for medical disability on psychiatric grounds. Psychiatric disorders now rank as the second most common indication for these applications, after ... -
Distant mood monitoring for depressive and bipolar disorders : a systematic review
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-07-22)Background: Broadening our knowledge of the longitudinal course of mood symptoms is cardinal to providing effective long-term treatments. Research indicates that patients with mental illness are willing to engage in the ... -
Does higher severity really correlate with a worse quality of life in obsessive compulsive disorder? A meta-regression
(Dove Medical Press, 2018)Background: Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the leading causes of disability and reduced quality of life (QOL), with impairment in a number of domains. However, there is a paucity of literature on the association ... -
Doing their best : strategies used by South African clinicians in working with psychiatric inpatients across a language barrier
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015-10-26)Background and objectives: South Africa has 11 official languages, but most psychiatrists can speak only English and Afrikaans and there are no formal interpreter posts in the mental healthcare system. As a result clinicians ... -
A double-blind placebo-controlled trial of paroxetine in the management of social phobia (social anxiety disorder) in South Africa
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)Background. Social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder, is a highly prevalent disorder with significant morbidity. Patients with social phobia frequently develop co-morbid psychiatric disorders such as depression ... -
DSM-IV-defined common mental disorders : association with HIV testing, HIV-related fears, perceived risk and preventive behaviours among South African adults
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2009)Background. There are few reports from South Africa on how common mental disorders may be associated with HIV-related perceptions and behaviours. Methods. Between 2002 and 2004, 4 351 South African adults were interviewed. ... -
The effect of childhood trauma, ApoE genotype and HIV-1 viral protein R variants on change in cognitive performance
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-12-27)Objective: Gene–environment interactions contribute to the development of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. We examined whether childhood trauma, apolipoprotein E isoforms and viral protein R (Vpr) variants were ... -
The effectiveness of a hospital-based intervention for patients with substance-use problems in the Western Cape
(HMPG, 2012-06)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: District hospitals regularly experience a high incidence of substanceuse disorders, but rarely provide interventions. We describe the effectiveness of an intervention developed and implemented by a Western ... -
Efficacy and safety profile of paliperidone palmitate injections in the management of patients with schizophrenia : an evidence-based review
(Dove Medical Press, 2018)The course of schizophrenia is characterized by multiple relapses, incomplete remission of symptoms, enduring cognitive deficits, and social and occupational functional impairments. Nonadherence to antipsychotic medication ...
