South African Journal of Psychiatry

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Summary: The South African Journal of Psychiatry is Africa’s leading open-access psychiatric journal, publishing research, reviews, and editorials relevant to clinical practice and academic study, with a focus on Africa and global perspectives. Established in 1995, it is the official journal of the South African Society of Psychiatrists. The journal employs a double-blind peer review process and publishes online throughout the year, with a full print compilation annually.

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The full text of the South African Journal of Psychiatry in English is available here and publically accesible (free to read online). Of course, I would always recommend buying the book so you get the latest edition. You can see all this book’s content by visiting the pages in the below index:

+ Vol 8, No 3 (2002)

. A Vision for Africa

. How can we keep our psychiatrists?

. Psychiatric impairment and disability assessment — proposals to improve...

. Patterns and determinants of acute psychiatric readmissions

. Alcohol use among sixth-year medical students at the University of the Free...

. News

+ Vol 9, No 1 (2003)

. Towards an Afrocentric approach to psychiatry

. Relationship between substance abuse and first-episode psychosis - a South...

. Thoughts on the management of undesirability, with relevance to the...

. Postpartum mood disorders - a practitioner's guide to diagnosis and treatment

. News

+ Vol 9, No 2 (2003)

. Challenges to the current provision of mental health services and development...

. South African psychiatrists and the Aversion Project

. Neuropsychological evidence for subjective memory complaints in the...

. Fluvoxamine in the treatment of trichotillomania, obsessive compulsive...

. News

. Psychopharmacology 2003 Conference, 10-13 September 2003

+ Vol 10, No 1 (2004)

. Clinical trials in psychiatry: Obtaining the evidence

. Mental health services in KwaZulu-Natal

. Substances of abuse - demand for their determinations in the Western Cape

. Factor analysis of the Children's Behaviour Questionnaire in a Nigerian...

. Psychopathology and coping in recently diagnosed HIV/AIDS patients - the role...

. News

+ Vol 10, No 2 (2004)

. 6 June 1944 - D-Day

. What constitutes healthy eating behaviour and lifestyle?

. Mental health service policy, implementation and research in South Africa -...

. Electroconvulsive therapy and its use in modern-day psychiatry

. Psychiatry in Australia

. Sleep Smart. Get a Life

+ Vol 10, No 3 (2004)

. Antidepressants and suicide in children and adolescents: a storm in a teacup?

. Electroconvulsive therapy and its use in modern-day psychiatry

. Cost-effectiveness of an atypical conventional antipsychotic in South Africa

. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - co-morbidity and differential...

. Objective structural clinical examinations in psychiatry

. Origins of Phobias and Anxiety Disorders: Why More Women Than Men

. A proud contribution

. 13th National Congress of the South African Society of Psychiatrists, 20-23...

+ Vol 10, No 4 (2004)

. Second-generation antipsychotics - a panacea?

. Use of the Judicial Section 9 Certification in the Free State

. Socio-demographic and psychosocial predictors of rheumatoid arthritis health...

. Self-testing in psychiatry

. Neuropsychiatry and behavioural psychology

. News

+ Vol 11, No 1 (2005)

. HIV/AIDS in Africa - a role for the mental health practitioner?

. HIV in South Africa - depression and CD4 count

. CINP 2005 Regional Meeting, 20-22 April 2005

. The neuropsychiatry of brain tumours

+ Vol 11, No 2 (2005)

. QT-prolonging drugs - should they ever be used?

. Psychiatry in the medico-legal setting

. The patient who complains of erectile dysfunction

. The effects of thioridazine on the QTc interval - cardiovascular safety in a...

. Psychiatric diagnosis in legal settings

. Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in men with erectile dysfunction

. Risk factors for psychiatric morbidity among bank workers in a northern city...

. News

+ Vol 11, No 3 (2005)

. Risk factors in repeat non-fatal suicidal behaviour

. Institutional management of the mentally ill in South Africa

. The school as a setting for child and adolescent mental health interventions

. Psychiatric emergency service users at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town

. Repeat non-fatal suicidal behaviour at Johannesburg Hospital

. Institutional victimisation in post-apartheid South Africa

. Observing a decline in general school functioning associated with depressive...

. Evidence-based mental health care

. News

+ Vol 12, No 1 (2006)

. Serious mental illness and HIV / AIDS

. Pitfalls in the care of the very sick psychotic patients

. War and post-traumatic stress disorder

. Amisulpride as adjunct to clozapine in treatment-resistant schizophrenia and...

. Clozapine-induced intestinal obstruction - a critical examination of four cases

. Recognising pathological grief

. Homicidal violence during foreign military missions - prevention and legal...

. Post-traumatic stress disoder, survivor guilt and substance use - a study of...

. News

+ Vol 12, No 2 (2006)

. Marriage and mental health

. Changing the editorial guard

. The evolution of antipsychotic medication

. A review of multispousal relationships - psychosocial effects and therapy

. Conceptual and experiential estrangement of the self - a neo-Fregean elucidation

. Mild hypoxia is associated with quantitative EEG changes, but not with...

. Prevalence and risk factors for psychiatric morbidity among tertiary hospital...

. News

. Interview

. 14th National Psychiatry Congress, 10-14 September 2006, Royal Swazi Sun,...

+ Vol 12, No 3 (2006)

. Facts and Values in Psychiatric Practice

. ECG changes in patients on chronic psychotropic medication

. Psychiatric evaluation of offenders referred to the Free State Psychiatric...

. Migration and exile - some implications for mental health in post-apartheid...

. News

+ Vol 13, No 1 (2007)

. Changing the course of schizophrenia - predictors of treatment outcome revisited

. Can involuntarily admitted patients give informed consent to participation in...

. Dissociation - a preliminary contextual model

. CT scans in psychiatric patients - an exploratory study at Chris Hani...

. Mental Health research challenges in Africa

. International Conference on Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology

. Biological Psychiatry Congress 2007

+ Vol 13, No 2 (2007)

. Treatment adherence

. Anxiety, depression, health attitudes and coping strategies in doctors and...

. Evaluation of attempted-suicide management in a rural district of KwaZulu-Natal

. Profile of mentally ill offenders referred to the Free State Psychiatric Complex

. Longer duration of breastfeeding associated with risk of developing...

. Depression worsens health of people with chronic illness

+ Vol 13, No 3 (2007)

. Hypotheses, neuroscience and real persons

. Psychiatry for the person and its ethical perspectives

. Towards real persons: Clinical judgement and philosophy of psychiatry

. Race equality, human rights and mental health legislation

. Real persons' experience of contamination obsession

. Momentum from real persons, real psychiatrists, and real philosophers

. Treating depression in HIV/AIDS

. Deficient testosterone levels in men above 45 years with major depressive...

. HIV seropositivity in patients with first-episode psychosis

. Neurological disorders and the public health challenges

. 10th International Conference on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, Sun City

+ Vol 13, No 4 (2007)

. Person-centred psychiatry

. Cannabis use trends in South Africa

. The general profile of children and adolescents with major depression...

. Human rights abuses at a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal

. Hoarding behaviour in Xhosa patients with schizophrenia - prevalence and...

. Psychiatric evaluation of intellectually disabled offenders referred to the...

. Guidelines to improve psychological and social support in emergecies

+ Vol 14, No 1 (2008)

. Providing psychiatric services in general medical settings in South Africa

. Ageing and mental health resources for older persons in the African region of...

. First-episode psychosis: An update

. The profile analysis of attempted-suicide patients referred to Pelonomi...

. Subjective experience of depressed mood among medical students at the...

. Primary health care psychiatry

. News

+ Vol 14, No 2 (2008)

. Community psychiatry: An audit of the services in southern Gauteng

. Psychiatric uses of topiramate: What is the current evidence?

. Factors associated with relapse in schizophrenia

. Orexin - does it have a role in mental illness?

. News

+ Vol 14, No 3 (2008)

. Does anybody care if women beat up men?

. The psyche and the soma - redefining the role of the psychiatrist in medical...

. Family violence among mothers seen at the University of Ilorin Teaching...

. What do patients with psychotic and mood disorders know about their illness...

. News

. The 15th Biannual National Congress of the South African Society of...

+ Vol 14, No 4 (2008)

. Xenophobia - evolved 'outgroup' hatred or product of a toxic social environment?

. HIV/AIDS and psychiatry

. Combining ECT and clozapine in the treatment of clozapine-refractory...

. Evaluation of primary mental health care in North West province – a...

. News

. Pain, madness and the limits of medicine

+ Vol 15, No 1 (2009)

. 'My brain made me do it' - how neuroscience may change the insanity defence

. Cannabis use and abuse correlates in a homogenous South African schizophrenia...

. University of the Free State medical students' view of at-risk drinking...

. Health-seeking behaviour of mentally ill patients in Nigeria

. Tardive dyskinesia on clozapine: A case report

. News

+ Vol 15, No 2 (2009)

. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar mood disorder in...

. Quality of psychiatric referrals to secondary-level care

. The Mental Health Care Act

. Caregiver burden among relatives of patients with schizophrenia in Katsina,...

. Anxiety associated with colposcopy at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital,...

. News

+ Vol 15, No 3 (2009)

. Limited access to an individual’s mental content

. Attack on psychoanalysis

. Common Agents used in parasuicide in Buffalo City

. Routine pre admission laboratory screening investigations in aggressive...

. Suicide Risk in Schizophrenia, a 20 Year Cohort Study, Part 1

. The use of restraints in psychiatric patients

+ Vol 15, No 4 (2009)

. Suicide Risk in Schizophrenia - a follow-up study after 20 years. Part 2

. Adolescent Onset Psychosis

. Depression in Kraepelinian Schizophrenia

. Sleep Paralysis and psychopathology

. News

+ Vol 16, No 1 (2010)

. Stuck in the past or heading for flourishing people in their diversity?

. Illicit drug use in South Africa

. Telepsychiatry in South Africa – present and future

. Audit of child and adolescent psychiatry in a teaching hospital in Nigeria

. Opinions and attitudes of some parents in Ilorin, north-central Nigeria,...

+ Vol 16, No 2 (2010)

. Schizophrenia-Window-of-Hope.com

. Epidemiology of drug abuse treatment in South Africa

. Behavioural problems among schoolchildren in Nigeria

. Stigmatising attitudes towards the mentally ill

. Depression among patients with diabetes mellitus in a Nigerian teaching hospital

+ Vol 16, No 3 (2010)

. Community rehabilitation for schizophrenia patients

. Confounding placebo response in clinical trials

. Continuity of care of outpatients with schizophrenia in Pretoria

. 'Defeating the dragon' - can we afford not to treat patients with heroin...

. 16th National Congress of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP)

+ Vol 16, No 4 (2010)

. The regulation of informed consent to participation in clinical research by...

. A review of the applications for involuntary admissions made to the Mental...

. Cannabis publication analysis using density-equalising mapping and research...

. Religious beliefs, coping skills and responsibility to family as factors...

. Attitudes towards psychiatry of undergraduate medical students at Bayero...

. The problematic neglect of phenomenology in contemporary psychiatry

+ Vol 17, No 1 (2011)

. Community rehabilitation for schizophrenia patients

. The functional neuro-anatomy of the human response to fear: A brief review

. Revisiting validity in cross-cultural psychometric-test development

. The demographic, clinical and forensic profile of offenders diagnosed with...

. Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptomatology...

. The use of Clozapine in Adolescents: A Case Report

+ Vol 17, No 2 (2011)

. Psychotherapy in psychiatry - reality, delusion or relic?

. Applications to Mental Health Review Boards by institutions in Gauteng

. Profile of forensic psychiatric inpatients referred to the Free State...

. Brunel mood scale: South African norm study

. Alternative psychosis (forced normalisation) in epilepsy

. Parenting style and conduct problems in children

+ Vol 17, No 3 (2011)

. Psycho-legal challenges facing the mentally retarded rape victim

. Sexual dissatisfaction and associated factors in a sample of patients on...

. Velocardiofacial syndrome - a syndrome with many faces

. Detecting child psychiatric disorders during routine clinic work

. Erratum

. Freudian unconscious and cognitive neuroscience

+ Vol 17, No 4 (2011)

. HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

. An audit of non-urgent general adult referrals to Stikland State Psychiatric...

. Excessive daytime sleepiness, nocturnal sleep duration and psychopathology...

. A 4-year review of psychiatrists’ participation in prosecutorial workshops on...

. Excess of non-verbal cases of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) presenting to...

. Erratum

+ Vol 18, No 1 (2012)

. Epidemiology of substance use among secondary school learners in...

. Prevalence of psychological distress and associated factors in urban hospital...

. Hopelessness, depression and suicidal ideation in HIV-positive persons

. Predicting frequency of suicide attempts of adolescent outpatients at...

. Self-concept in overweight adolescents

+ Vol 18, No 2 (2012)

. Disability claims on psychiatric grounds in the South African context: A review

. Stress among medical doctors working in public hospitals of the Ngaka Modiri...

. Antidepressants versus interpersonal psychotherapy in treating depression in...

. A retrospective chart review of the clinical and psychosocial profile of...

. Profile of stress factors associated with mental disorders in children and...

+ Vol 18, No 3 (2012)

. The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) and SASOP State Employed...

. Building our identity of psychiatry in the past, present and future South Africa

. A presidential and personal reflection on SASOP during the past decade

. Significant historical changes in private practice psychiatry during the past...

. Future challenges in psychiatry from the reflections of a quinquagenerian

. The historical development of psychiatry in South Africa since 1652

. Depression and anxiety among Grade 11 and 12 learners attending schools in...

. An overview of the State Employed Special Interest Group (SESIG) of the South...

. Help-seeking by substance dependants presenting to healthcare professionals...

. 17th Biennial National Congress of the South African Society of Psychiatrists

+ Vol 18, No 4 (2012)

. Sociodemographic and health correlates of sleep problems and duration in...

. Cognitive functioning and associated factors in older adults in South Africa

. Social capital, pathway to care and duration of untreated psychosis

. Syphilis sero-positivity in recently admitted and long-term psychiatric...

. Personality, depressive symptoms and prior trauma exposure of new recruits at...

+ Vol 19, No 1 (2013)

. Are we training our psychiatrists adequately as public mental health...

. Talking past each other: Conceptual confusion in ‘culture’ and ‘psychopathology’

. Psychiatric features in perpetrators of homicide-unsuccessful-suicide at...

. Consent to research by mentally ill children and adolescents

. Considering the cultural context in psychopathology formulations

+ Vol 19, No 2 (2013)

. Methodological limitations to a study on interpersonal therapy

. Mental health and HIV sexual risk behaviour among University of Limpopo students

. Depressive features among adult patients receiving antiretroviral therapy for...

. Quality of life among dually diagnosed and non-substance-using male...

. Effectiveness of psycho-education on depression, hopelessness, suicidality,...

. Exploring the role of Islam in perceptions of mental illness in a sample of...

+ Vol 19, No 3 (2013)

. Better attitudes and mental health for our future

. Association between PNPLA8 gene polymorphism and schizophrenia in male patients

. Provider-initiated HIV counselling and testing (PICT) in the mentally ill

. Attitudes of undergraduates towards mental illness

. Misconceptions about traumatic brain injuries among South African university...

. Recollected experiences of first hospitalisation for acute psychosis among...

. Schizophrenia

. The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) Treatment Guidlelines for...

. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents

. Dementia

. Major Depressive Disorder

. Bipolar disorder

. Panic Disorder

. Generalised anxiety disorder

. Obsessive compulsive disorder

. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

. Social Anxiety Disorder

. SASOP Biological Psychiatry Congress 2013 Abstracts

+ Vol 19, No 4 (2013)

. The South African Society of Psychiatrists is speaking up for good reasons

. Contributions from the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) to the...

. Trends in pharmacotherapy selection for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal...

. Reasons for parasuicide among patients admitted to Tshilidzini Hospital,...

. A problem-based learning curriculum and undergraduate performance in the...

. A case of nonconvulsive status epilepticus presenting as dissociative fugue

. Stiff person syndrome (SPS): Literature review and case report

+ Vol 20, No 1 (2014)

. Profile of rape victims referred by the court to the Free State Psychiatric...

. The burden of untreated mental disorders in KwaZulu-Natal Province – mapping...

. De-stigmatising manipulation: An exercise in second-order empathic understanding

. Children and adolescents treated for post-traumatic stress disorder at the...

. Conjoint alcohol and tobacco use among tuberculosis patients in public...

. Designing an educational programme in mental health for general practitioners...

. Reserpine for the treatment of refractory mania

+ Vol 20, No 2 (2014)

. SASOP treatment guidelines for psychiatric disorders

. Lessons from the past

. Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious...

. Features of residency training and psychological distress among residents in...

. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with thymoma-associated and non-thymoma...

. Undiagnosed metabolic syndrome and other adverse effects among clozapine...

. A cross-sectional study of factors affecting seasonality in bipolar disorder

. Kleine-Levin syndrome as a neuropsychiatric presentation

+ Vol 20, No 3 (2014)

. Social and ethical implications of psychiatric classification for low- and...

. Comparative efficacy and acceptability of seven augmentation agents for...

. Frequency and correlates of comorbid psychiatric illness in patients with...

. Outcomes of adult heroin users v. abstinent users four years after presenting...

. Where there is no psychiatrist: A mental health programme in Sierra Leone

. Childhood disintegrative disorder misdiagnosed as childhood-onset schizophrenia

. SASOP Congress 2014

+ Vol 20, No 4 (2014)

. Integrating spirituality in the approach to psychiatric practice

. Does religious identification of South African psychiatrists matter in their...

. Magnetic resonance imaging study of corpus callosum abnormalities in patients...

. Sensitivity and specificity of neuropsychological tests for dementia and mild...

. Staff and bed distribution in public sector mental health services in the...

. Positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia as correlates of help-seeking...

. The care, treatment, rehabilitation and legal outcomes of referrals to a...

. South African Society of Psychiatrists guidelines for the integration of...

+ Vol 21, No 1 (2015)

. Needs-based gap analysis for service transformation in the Eastern Cape

. A decentralised model of psychiatric care

. Depressive symptoms in community-dwelling persons aged ≥60 years in Inanda,...

. Rape victim assessment

. Medical students’ experience and perceptions of their final rotation in...

. When apparent schizophrenia is excluded

. Genital self-mutilation in a non-psychotic male to get rid of excessive...

+ Vol 21, No 2 (2015)

. Extent of alcohol use and mental health (depressive and post- traumatic...

. What patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder perceive as...

. SSRI use in pregnancy: Evaluating the risks and benefits

. Sociotropic personality traits positively correlate with the severity of...

. Service transformation plans in the Eastern Cape informed by a needs-based...

. Psychiatric consultations and the management of associated comorbid medical...

. Views of schizophrenia patients on the effects of cannabis on their mental...

+ Vol 21, No 3 (2015)

. Overcrowding as a possible risk factor for inpatient suicide in a South...

. Depressive symptoms among children whose parents have serious mental illness

. Adolescent attachment, family functioning and depressive symptoms

. Forensic state patients at Sterkfontein Hospital: A 3-year follow-up study

. Efavirenz

. Attendance at an outpatient follow-up clinic by HIV-positive psychiatric...

. The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder among South African university...

. Biological Psychiatry Congress 2015

+ Vol 22, No 1 (2016)

. The South African Society of Psychiatrists’ response to the White Paper for...

. Spirituality, depression and quality of life in medical students in...

. Methylphenidate use and poly-substance use among undergraduate students...

. Conjoint moderate or high risk alcohol and tobacco use among male...

. Schizoaffective Disorder in an acute psychiatric unit

. Forensic mental health services

. A comparison between the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Montreal...

. Genetic and family counselling for schizophrenia: Where do we stand now?

. Case series of females charged with murder or attempted murder of minors and...

. Substance use and duration of untreated psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

. The functioning and behaviour of biological parents of children diagnosed...

. Does psychiatry need religion and spirituality in its treatment approach?...

. Inpatient management of borderline personality disorder at Helen Joseph...

. Prevalence and correlates of non-medical stimulants and related drug use in a...

. Anxiety, depression and psychological well-being in a cohort of South African...

. Reliability of the GAIN-SS, CRAFTT and PESQ screening instruments for...

. Anxiety and depressive features in chronic disease patients in Cambodia,...

. Depressive symptoms and marital adjustment among primary care patients with...

. Schizophrenia in a member of the family

. Methamphetamine-induced psychosis

. Alexithymia and somatisation in patients with remitted major depression and...

. Developing the language of futility in psychiatry with care

. Copeptin levels and blood lipid profile in borderline patients with or...

. Assessing the usefulness of electroencephalography in psychiatry

. Depression in the South African workplace

. Treated for psychosis and presenting with prominent speech and language...

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

+ Vol 23 (2017)

. Couples-based interventions in the context of HIV discordance

. Achievements hitherto and a new editorial team for the South African Journal...

. The development of the ICD-11 chapter on mental disorders

. Non-medical use of methylphenidate among medical students of the University...

. A rapid appraisal of the status of mental health support in post-rape care...

. Sniffing out olfactory reference syndrome

. Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

. Clinical and demographic factors associated with sexual behaviour in children...

. The dual model of perfectionism and depression among Chinese University students

. Traumatic stress and psychological functioning in a South African adolescent...

. The use of cyproterone acetate in a forensic psychiatric cohort of male sex...

. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and diagnosis of grey matter heterotopia

. Factors associated with and prevalence of depressive features amongst older...

. An exploration of alcohol use amongst undergraduate female psychology...

. High risk of metabolic syndrome among black South African women with severe...

. Validation of the Whooley questions for antenatal depression and anxiety...

. The South African Society of Psychiatrists/Psychiatry Management Group...

. Regional aspects of long-term public sector psychiatric care in the Eastern Cape

. Alcohol use disorder and tuberculosis treatment

. Accountable or not accountable

. Association between depression, glycaemic control and the prevalence of...

. The clinical value of brain computerised tomography in a general hospital...

. Perceived parental rejection mediates the effects of previous maltreatment on...

. Junior medical students’ knowledge about and attitudes towards...

. Community mental health services in Southern Gauteng

. A retrospective record review and assessment of cost of quetiapine use in a...

. Antipsychotic use in a resource-limited setting

. Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Why should we pay attention?

. Cognitive-perceptual deficits and symptom correlates in first-episode...

. A descriptive study of biological and psychosocial factors associated with...

. Depressive scores in newly diagnosed HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected pregnant...

. Identifying factors associated with the discharge of male State patients from...

. Achalasia as a complication of bulimia nervosa: A case report

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

+ Vol 24 (2018)

. Table of Contents Vol 24 (2018)

. Suicide attempts during pregnancy in South Africa

. Antipsychotic medication non-adherence among schizophrenia patients in...

. Forensic psychiatric assessment process and outcome in state patients in...

. Post-stroke depression

. Post-partum depression, anxiety and marital satisfaction

. The professionalism of psychiatry registrars as perceived by patients and...

. Drug use among youth and adults in a population-based survey in South Africa

. A chart review of human immunodeficiency virus status in patients admitted...

. Factors associated with recidivism at a South African forensic psychiatric...

. Anxiety disorders

. Psychosocial and behavioural interventions towards HIV risk reduction for...

. From Uganda to Baltimore to Alexandra Township

. Sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress among African female refugees and...

. Barriers to the implementation of a computer-based rehabilitation programme...

. A study of medical professionals’ perspectives on medicines containing...

. The association between the levels of burnout and quality of life among...

. Opportunities and obstacles to screening for perinatal depression among women...

. Eating attitudes

. Clinical and demographic profile of catatonic patients who received...

. Post-traumatic stress disorder among the staff of a mental health hospital

. Attitudes of prehospital providers on transport decision-making in the...

. Risk of manic switch with antidepressants use in patients with bipolar...

. Level of awareness and treatment of anxiety and depression during pregnancy...

. Prevalence and factors associated with postnatal depression among women in...

. A cross-sectional study of depression among women attending antenatal clinics...

. Morbid risk of schizophrenia amongst relatives of schizophrenia probands

. Early-onset psychosis in an adolescent with DiGeorge syndrome: A case report

. Body dysmorphic disorder: A diagnostic challenge in adolescence

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

. Prevalence of caregiver burden, depressive and anxiety symptoms in caregivers...

. Selection of psychotropic medications for the primary health care essential...

. Profiles of traditional healers and their healing practices in the Eastern...

. First-episode psychosis and substance use in an acute mental health unit

. Validation of the Montreal cognitive assessment against the RBANS in a...

. Association of childhood maltreatment with internalising and externalising...

. Iron deficiency in children and adolescents with attention deficit...

. Caregiver and youth self-reported emotional and behavioural problems in...

. Predictors of quality of life among community psychiatric patients in a...

. Peri-partum psychosis

. Magnetic resonance neuroimaging in patients from a psychiatric facility

. Exploring the nature of calls to South African mental health helplines

. A profile of adult acute admissions to Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital, South...

. The profile of patients presenting with postpartum depression seen in the...

. Sleep quality and neurocognitive functioning in metabolic syndrome

. Genome-wide differentially methylated genes associated with post-traumatic...

. Attitude and knowledge towards clozapine among outpatients prescribed...

. Removing mental health barriers to education: A community project

. The burden of care, quality of life and depression in relatives of patients...

. From victim to perpetrator to survivor

. Quality assurance in mental health: A case study of the Life Esidimeni tragedy

. London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy for South African women with mental...

. Post-traumatic stress disorder symptom severity, trauma load and sleeping...

. Accelerated theta-burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for...

. Factors associated with successful completion of a substance rehabilitation...

. A developmental perspective on life with attention deficit hyperactivity...

. Prognostic value of impulsivity in treatment outcomes in patients with...

. Perceptions of mental health care consumers regarding their conditions

. Chronic pain, opioids and addiction

+ Vol 25 (2019)

. Table of Contents Vol 25 (2019)

. Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy in a general national population in...

. Fine motor deficits and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in primary...

. Social anxiety disorder and childhood trauma in the context of anxiety...

. Patients’ opinions about referral from a tertiary specialist psychiatric...

. The relationship between locus of control and depression

. The psycho-social and clinical profile of women referred for psycho-legal...

. A hermeneutic analysis of delusion content from the casebooks of the...

. Psychiatric comorbidity among alcohol-dependent individuals seeking treatment...

. Prevalence and correlates of depression among Nigerian stroke survivors

. A pilot study

. Correlates of sedentary behaviour among adolescents and adults with...

. Depressive symptoms and associated factors in medical interns at a tertiary...

. Prevalence of iron deficiency in a South African adolescent inpatient...

. Prevalence of depression in people living with HIV and AIDS at the Kalafong...

. A clinical profile of inpatient admissions to the psychogeriatric unit at...

. A profile of adult acute admissions to Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital, South...

. Psychoactive substance use among outpatients with severe mental illness

. Alcohol use among high school learners in rural areas of Limpopo province

. High physical activity is associated with post-traumatic stress disorder...

. Barriers to care among people with schizophrenia attending a tertiary...

. Depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in patients presenting with dyspepsia...

. Therapeutic relationships and the problem of containment

. First-episode psychosis and substance use in Nelson Mandela Bay

. Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum depression at a primary...

. A systematic review of online depression screening tools for use in the South...

. Evaluation of the Beck Anxiety Inventory in predicting generalised anxiety...

. Stress and coping mechanisms of officers of the South African Police Service...

. A retrospective chart review of clinical characteristics and magnetic...

. Documentation of antipsychotic-related adverse drug reactions

. Do medical students feel career ready after their psychiatry clinical rotation?

. Absconding from a psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

. Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients

. Accelerated theta-burst repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for...

. Erratum

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

+ Vol 26 (2020)

. Table of Contents Vol 26 (2020)

. Predictors of bullying reported by perpetrators in a sample of senior school...

. Factors associated with the successful completion of a substance...

. To scan or not to scan? Examining the controversial issue of performing...

. Psycho-demographic and clinical predictors of medication adherence in...

. Family history identifies sporadic schizoaffective disorder as a subtype for...

. Methods of deliberate self-harm in a tertiary hospital in South Africa

. Eating disorders and substance use at a South African tertiary hospital over...

. Initiating clozapine treatment service and characteristics of...

. Socio-economic factors associated with mental health disorders in Fort...

. Subjective and objective cognition 6-week post-coronary artery bypass graft...

. Attitude and preferences towards oral and long-acting injectable...

. Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental...

. Frequency of suicide attempts and attitudes toward suicidal behaviour among...

. Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the...

. The prevalence and clinical correlates of substance use disorders in patients...

. Prevalence and perception of drug use amongst secondary school students in...

. Perinatal suicidality: Risk factors in South African women with mental illness

. Challenges experienced by South African families caring for state patients on...

. Professional quality of life amongst nurses in psychiatric observation units

. Socio-ecological influences of adolescence marijuana use initiation

. Demographic and clinical profile of patients utilising a transitional care...

. Prevalence and clinical correlates of substance use amongst acute psychiatric...

. How do family members perceive re-integration of male state patients into...

. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in school-age children in Gaborone,...

. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and behavioural planning...

. Cultural formulation interview

. Suicide risk of male State patients with antisocial personality traits

. Current state of the literature on mental health in Liberia: A systematic review

. State patients who committed violent crimes and were admitted to Weskoppies...

. The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression

. Adolescent psychiatric outpatients and their caregivers

. Tobacco use and associated mental symptoms and health risk behaviours amongst...

. Double burden of malnutrition amongst patients with first-episode...

. Case study: A patient with severe delusions who self-mutilates

. A brief screen for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the South...

. Acknowledgement to Reviewers

+ Vol 27 (2021)

. Table of Contents Vol 27 (2021)

. Review of Problems of Living

. COVID-19 consequences on mental health: An African perspective

. Authorship revisited: Bestowing undue credit on students

. Digit ratio as an endophenotype in a schizophrenia population

. History of postgraduate psychiatry education and training in Nigeria

. Menstrual psychosis – From myth to reality

. Extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode schizophrenia treated with...

. Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among a national...

. Motives for deliberate self-harm in a South African tertiary hospital

. Prehospital care providers’ understanding of responsibilities during a...

. Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder symptoms in a paediatric neurology...

. Medicines used in mental, neurological and substance use disorders in...

. An assessment of voting knowledge and related decisions amongst hospitalised...

. The perceptions of adult psychiatric inpatients with major depressive...

. Becoming a Xhosa traditional healer

. Psychometric evaluation of personal evaluation of transitions in treatment...

. Trends and patterns of suicidal behaviour in Nigeria

. Mental health and well-being of university staff during the coronavirus...

. Factors associated with dropout at 2 years post-initiation of treatment in...

. Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the first psychiatric...

. Pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms and associated factors amongst pregnant...

. Alcohol use in Tanzanians with chronic psychotic disorders and poor...

. How can a 6-week training course shape mental healthcare professionals’...

. The spectrum of functional neurological disorders

. Identifying a probable suicide cluster in an acute care psychiatric hospital...

. Quality of individual and group level interventions for first-episode...

. Developing and testing a South African Brief Cognitive Score in literate and...

. Prevalence and correlates of sexual dysfunction among patients with mental...

. The role of Mental Health Care Act status in dignity-related complaints by...

. Premorbid adjustment amongst outpatients with schizophrenia in a Nigerian...

. Clinical use of neuro-imaging in psychiatric patients at the Charlotte Maxeke...

. Mental illness attitudes and knowledge in non-specialist medical doctors...

. Characteristics of persons accused of intimate partner homicide amongst...

. Evaluation of an undergraduate psychiatric clinical rotation

. My sibling’s mental illness

. Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use amongst South African adults with...

. Associations of premorbid adjustment with type and timing of childhood trauma...

. Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South...

. HIV knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst patients with severe mental...

. Assessing the clinical utility of the severity dependence scale for...

. Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress amongst healthcare...

. The profile of suspected criminal offenders referred for psychiatric...

. Theoretical understanding of contextual motivations for sustained adolescent...

. The experiences and perceptions of mental health service provision at a...

. Psychiatric morbidity amongst adolescents in a Nigerian juvenile correctional...

. Quality of life and self-stigma of schizophrenia patient’s caregiver tool

. Alcohol and drug use as factors for high-school learners’ absenteeism in the...

. Erratum

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

+ Vol 28 (2022)

. Table of Contents Vol 28 (2022)

. End-of-life care in South Africa: Important legal developments

. Prioritising maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment research in...

. Second victims of obstetric care – Support for healthcare professionals in...

. Early deviant behaviour as a dimension trait and endophenotype in schizophrenia

. Psychometric properties of Drug Attitude Inventory among patients with...

. Coulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features

. Mental health distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria

. From ideation to attempt

. Profile of suicide within the northern part of Ghana: A decade under review

. Mental illness and HIV amongst female inmates in Durban, South Africa

. Characteristics of inpatients in dialectical behaviour therapy modified for a...

. Working memory and set-shifting in school-aged children classified as having...

. Are female bipolar patients of reproductive age aware of the teratogenic risk...

. A population-based survey of autistic traits in Kenyan adolescents and young...

. Promotive factors associated with internalising symptoms amongst college...

. Correlates and cascade of HIV care in patients with psychiatric disorders in...

. The significance of sleep quality in euthymic bipolar patients from Nigeria

. Influence of first- and second-generation antipsychotics on anthropometric...

. Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis at a...

. Common mental disorders amongst frontline healthcare workers during the...

. The effect of structured psychoeducation on caregiver burden in carers of...

. The prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression amongst essential...

. Exploring burnout among psychiatric trainees at a South African university

. Prevalence of depressive symptoms and quality of life among patients with...

. The prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with...

. Evaluating the efficacy of an online depression screening tool in South Africa

. Developing a healthcare worker psychological preparedness support programme...

. Job satisfaction, personality traits, and its impact on motivation among...

. Community mental health literacy in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study

. Feasibility and acceptability of a mental health stigma intervention for...

. Depression and quality of life among pregnant women in first and third...

. Cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation amongst adolescent psychiatric...

. Differences in alcohol and cannabis use amongst substance use disorder...

. A history of depression in patients attending a chronic pain management...

. Correlates of high-dose antipsychotic prescription amongst outpatients with...

. Descriptive outcomes for a cohort of high-frequency psychiatric service users...

. An online mindfulness intervention for medical students in South Africa

. Predictors of mass psychogenic illness in a junior secondary school in rural...

. Impulsivity and psychiatric comorbidity as risk factors for suicide attempts...

. Experience of violence, coping and support for nurses working in acute...

. The profile of offenders accused of rape referred to the Observation Ward of...

. Qualitative study of mental health attribution, perceptions and care-seeking...

. The magnitude and determinants of depressive symptoms amongst women in early...

. Prescribing patterns of long-acting injectable antipsychotics in a community...

. Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and social skills training in...

. Patients’ voices from music therapy at a South African psychiatric hospital

. The experiences of clinical psychologists in treating traumatic stress at a...

. Depressive symptoms and quality of life prior to metabolic surgery in Cape...

. Systematic review on the prevalence of perinatal depression in Malawi

. Impact of completing a psychosocial rehabilitation programme on inpatient...

. Prevalence of cannabis use in people with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South...

. Mental health status of doctors and nurses in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

. Systematic mapping on availability, extent and distribution of mental health...

. COVID-19 infection at a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder stigma: The silent barrier to care

. Intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and prenatal...

. Perceptions and experiences of patients attending an opioid substitution...

. Validation of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among senior students in Benin...

. Disability and premorbid adjustment in schizophrenia: A retrospective analysis

. Factors associated with patient readmission to a specialised psychiatric...

. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a patient with Cushing’s syndrome

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

+ Vol 29 (2023)

. Table of Contents Vol 29 (2023)

. Ten game-changers in mental health for South Africa

. Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout in medical students at the...

. Routine investigations for patients with mental and behavioural disturbances

. Mental health education for physiotherapists: A scoping review

. A review of recent treatments for adults living with...

. HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care in patients with psychosis...

. Assessing the revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal for Alcohol Scale use at...

. Trauma survivors’ perceptions and experiences of prolonged exposure for PTSD...

. A retrospective data analysis of psychiatric cases in Hargeisa, Somaliland...

. Provision of HIV services to psychiatric inpatients in Botswana

. Lived experiences of adolescents admitted for first-episode psychosis in...

. Study of burnout and depressive symptoms in doctors at a central level, state...

. Illness-perception in adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

. Development and validation of the Redeemer’s University Suicidality Scale

. Effects of personality traits on mindful self-care practices of healthcare...

. South Africa’s Psychiatric training capacity in 2008 and in 2018. Has...

. Psychiatric morbidity in children involved in bullying treated at the Free...

. Assessing attitudes of fourth year medical students towards psychiatry and...

. Clozapine use at a specialised psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg

. Preparedness of final year medical students in caring for lesbian, gay,...

. Costs of adult functional neurological disorders at a tertiary hospital in...

. Positive mental health of patients at a psychiatric hospital, Gauteng...

. Predictors of burnout among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital

. Assessing HIV transmission knowledge in psychiatric patients in Johannesburg,...

. Experiences of family members of relatives admitted as state patients in a...

. Readmission of adolescent psychiatric patients to a specialised unit in...

. HIV associated psychiatric comorbidity among attendees at a tertiary...

. Psychosocial effects of gender-based violence among women in Vhembe district

. Assessing the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in epileptic patients at a...

. Neurocognitive improvement in HIV-positive patients treated with...

. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

. Clozapine monitoring at a specialised psychiatric hospital

. Caregiver burden among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder

. Factors associated with longer hospital admission in elderly patients with...

. Burnout in emergency department staff

. Post-traumatic stress symptoms in mental healthcare workers during the...

. Knowledge, confidence, and practices of clinical associates in the management...

. Knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behaviour for mental illness in a...

. Attitudes of medical students regarding legalisation of cannabis and...

. Neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations in hospitalised patients...

. An initiative to reduce psychiatric boarding in a Cape Town emergency department

. Factors affecting readmission of adolescent mental healthcare users to a...

. Psychosis screening questionnaire

. Sleep quality of adult psychiatric outpatients at Chris Hani Baragwanath...

. Access and use of digital technology by patients with psychosis at a hospital...

. Relationship between physical activity and behaviour challenges of...

. The profile of adolescent patients presenting to a tertiary maternal mental...

. Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test validity in bipolar...

. Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical...

. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with ketamine induction for catatonia in an...

. A case of schizophrenia refuting mind-body dualism

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

+ Vol 30 (2024)

. Introducing the ‘Lived Experience’ section of the South African Journal of...

. Lived experience narrative: My journey with schizophrenia

. Lived experience narrative: My bipolar odyssey

. A call for communication, compassion and care

. The intersection of depression and disability

. A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptoms detection in first-episode...

. Nigeria mental health law

. Adverse childhood experiences, mental illness, HIV and offending among female...

. Contraceptive use in women with mental illness in Soweto, South Africa

. Family Psycho-Social Involvement Intervention for severe mental illness in...

. Substance use patterns in an adolescent psychiatric unit in Johannesburg,...

. Antipsychotics-related hyperprolactinaemia among patients with schizophrenia...

. The test-retest reliability of the Opiate Treatment Index in nyaope users in...

. Ketamine for depressive symptoms

. Prior trauma experiences among state patients charged with murder

. Digital psychiatry in Nigeria: A scoping review

. The valproate prescription pattern for female mental healthcare users of...

. Social, forensic, and clinical correlates in female observandi referred for...

. Health effects of caregiving and coping with severe mental disorders

. The gendered context of women charged with violent offences in the forensic...

. Mental health services in Gauteng, South Africa

. Prevalence and determinants of burnout among South African doctors during the...

. COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and...

. Comparing the medication costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who...

. Demographic and mental health profile of youth in a gender service

. Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

. Nurses’ practice of metabolic monitoring for patients on antipsychotics in...

. Suicidal behaviour among patients with congestive cardiac failure in a...

. Factors associated with long hospitalisation for psychotic disorder patients...

. South African mental healthcare providers’ views about exercise for people...

. Psychiatric nurses advocating for the human rights of mental health care...

. Long-term benzodiazepine prescriptions in community psychiatry clinics

. Views held by South African primary health care nurses on caring for people...

. Clinical profile of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in...

. The effects of inpatient suicide on nurses at Weskoppies Hospital

. Caregiver burden and its sociodemographic determinants in family caregivers...

. Demographic and clinical correlates of depression among older adults with...

. A description of COVID-19 related delusional content in admissions to an...

. The prevalence of anxiety in pregnant women at Chris Hani Baragwanath...

. Cannabis use among hospitalised adolescents before and after...

. Evaluating counselling skills of community health workers for pregnant...

. Antipsychotics and chronic dystonia at a Botulinum Toxin clinic

. Lived experiences of adults’ non-compliance with psychiatric medication for...

. Scheduling of methylphenidate

. Changes in patient-reported outcomes during admission to a South African...

. Youth exposure to violence and victimization in a South African community sample

. Exploring South African Indian men’s understanding of depression

. Retrospective review

. Childhood trauma, substance use and depressive symptoms in people with HIV...

. Depression, anxiety and coping mechanisms among mental healthcare...

. Descriptive study of mental health care users 12 months pre- and...

. Autonomic response and attachment style in disruptive mood dysregulation...

. Attitudes of primary healthcare nurses towards people living with mental...

. Prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents living with HIV in...

. Safety and effectiveness of methylphenidate ER multi-unit pellet system in...

. An in depth review of body shaming phenomenon among adolescent

. Teaching transference focused psychotherapy to South African mental health...

. Knowledge and attitudes towards electroconvulsive therapy in an academic...

. Mortality rate in patients in a long-term psychiatric care facility in...

. The lifeworld of families of mental health care users in rural South Africa

. From stroke to depression

. Lithium-induced cognitive dysfunction assessed over 1-year hospitalisation

. The SASOP/PsychMg guidelines for psychiatric independent medical examinations

. Acknowledgement to reviewers

+ Vol 31 (2025)

. Expanding mental health support

. A call for SASOP to review their position on the care of ‘transgender and...

. Changes in schizophrenia symptoms, tryptophan metabolism, neuroinflammation...

. COVID-19 in patients with severe mental illness

. Psychiatric nurses’ knowledge of COVID-19 within a patient care context

. The profile of long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal,...

. Assessing the mental health literacy of healthcare workers at a Johannesburg...

. Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during...

. Medication non-adherence in re-admitted patients at a psychiatry hospital

. Seasonal trends in methylphenidate use: A mirror of misuse or compliance?

. Changes in cannabis use post decriminalisation in mental health care users in...

. Assessing sleep using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among...

. Attitudes of Christian leaders and congregants in South Africa towards mental...

. Mental health literacy among secondary school learners in Tshwane region 1

. Psychiatric nurses’ experiences of using a model to improve relationships of...

. Substance and alcohol use in pregnant women attending antenatal care at a...

. Mothers’ psychopathology and their adult offspring’s cortisol level in a...

. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Expanded version

. Food insecurity in women with mental illnesses attending a psychiatric...

. Trauma as a mediator of childhood adversity and mental illness in South Africa

. The burden of insomnia among public health sector nurses in KwaZulu-Natal,...

. Cultural adaptation of the facial emotion perception test for use in Zimbabwe

. Prevalence of substance use and knowledge of its effects among secondary...

. Virtual nurse support to enhance antipsychotic adherence in schizophrenia

. Contraceptive use and counselling in women with mental illness

. Experiences of mental healthcare users and their families when interacting...

. Psychologists’ reflections on a trans and gender-diverse group at Baragwanath...

. Diagnostic difficulty in an adolescent with dissociative identity disorder

. An uncommon variant of Alzheimer’s disease: Posterior cortical atrophy

. The SASOP/PsychMg child and adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

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