19 research outputs found
IsiXhosa insect names from the Eastern Cape, South Africa
We present a list of isiXhosa names for a wide diversity of South African insects, and their English translations and scientific names, to contribute to bridging the knowledge gap between rural development workers and isiXhosa speakers. We interviewed 51 people in their homes at eight sites across the Eastern Cape and also included words from a published dictionary. We found 151 insect names, and categorized them into personal, dialectal and standard categories. Response-frequency distributions of the categories of names showed that the dialectal and standard lists were essentially complete. Sample accumulation curves showed levelling-off within sites and across the whole study, demonstrating that samples were adequate. The literal translations of some names show that isiXhosa speakers relate insects either to people, to their habitat and/or to their behaviour. The list can contribute to the standardization of knowledge of insects' indigenous names in South Africa for a variety of practical applications such as agricultural training and health services
The weak to strong state involvement and political accountability levels schema
The propositionis that socio-economic development from local to national levels often straddles at least four pathways that are driven by two main variables:the relative strength or weakness of (1) state (and government) involvementin the management of public affairs and resources and (2) the mechanisms for ensuring political accountability. The four pathways, with associated attributes, have presented opportunities or challenges that have promoted or collapsed the sustainable economic development of many post-colonial countries. Using the two main variables we can locate different countries in distinct categories (quadrants) across a two-dimensional Cartesianplane, with state involvement on the Y-axis and state and government accountability to citizens on the X-axis
Comparative evaluation of two olive fruit fly parasitoids under varying abiotic conditions
TETRADENIA RIPARIA-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF NANO-GOLD PARTICLES
Plant-mediated synthesis of metallic nanoparticles is a growing area of interest in the fields of green synthesis and nanotechnology. The present work studied the synthesis of nano-gold particles using Tetradenia riparia flower, leaf and stem extracts derived using methanol and water. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using UV-visible spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) analysis and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. UV peaks for nano-gold synthesized from methanol and aqueous extracts were observed at 535 nm and 540 nm, respectively. SEM analysis revealed monodispersed spherical nano-gold particles in the diameter range of 10-35 nm. The presence of elemental gold in the nanoparticles was confirmed by EDX. FTIR analysis indicated the presence of terpenoids and pyrones which were responsible for reducing, capping and stabilizing of the nano-gold particles
Mental health services in KwaZulu-Natal
This article is a summary of a document prepared by a task team appointed by the Superintendent-General, Head: Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal. The terms of reference of the task team were to scrutinise all available documents on mental health in the province and to come up with a new doc- ument entitled ‘Strategic and Implementation Plan for Delivery of Mental Health Services in KwaZulu-Natal’, with operational plans and time frames, and to make specific recommendations with regard to community mental health services and forensic psychiatry.
The documents used to prepare the new document were: A Framework for the Delivery of Mental Health Services by Institutions in KwaZulu-Natal;Mental Health Services Planning Report; Strategic Policy Document for Mental Health Services in KwaZulu-Natal; Community Mental Health Services at Indlovu Region, KwaZulu-Natal; KwaZulu-Natal Health Care Act 2000; Mental Health Act 2002; World Health Report on Mental Health 2001; and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Report.
The article is divided into nine sections, namely organisational structure; education, training and research; mental health ser- vice provision; highly specialised services; community mental health services; forensic mental health services; mental health and the private sector; pharmaceutical services; and summary of recommendations
Constructing patient–psychiatrist relations in psychiatric hospitals: the role of space and personal action
16th National Congress of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP)
List of abstracts and authors:
1. Antipsychotics in anxiety disorders
Christer Allgulander
2. Anxiety in somatic disorders
Christer Allgulander
3. Community rehabilitation of the schizophrenic patient
Orlando Alonso Betancourt, Maricela Morales Herrera
4. Dual diagnosis: A theory-driven multidisciplinary approach for integrative care
David Blackbeard
5. The emotional language of the gut - when 'psyche' meets 'soma'
Helen Clark
6. The Psychotherapy of bipolar disorder
Franco Colin
7. The Psychotherapy of bipolar disorder
Franco Colin
8. Developing and adopting mental health policies and plans in Africa: Lessons from South Africa, Uganda and Zambia
Sara Cooper, Sharon Kleintjes, Cynthia Isaacs, Fred Kigozi, Sheila Ndyanabangi, Augustus Kapungwe, John Mayeya, Michelle Funk, Natalie Drew, Crick Lund
9. The importance of relapse prevention in schizophrenia
Robin Emsley
10. Mental Health care act: Fact or fiction?
Helmut Erlacher, M Nagdee
11. Does a dedicated 72-hour observation facility in a district hospital reduce the need for involuntary admissions to a psychiatric hospital?
Lennart Eriksson
12. The incidence and risk factors for dementia in the Ibadan study of ageing
Oye Gureje, Lola Kola, Adesola Ogunniyi, Taiwo Abiona
13. Is depression a disease of inflammation?
Angelos Halaris
14. Paediatric bipolar disorder: More heat than light?
Sue Hawkridge
15. EBM: Anova Conundrum
Elizabeth L (Hoepie) Howell
16. Tracking the legal status of a cohort of inpatients on discharge from a 72-hour assessment unit
Bernard Janse van Rensburg
17. Dual diagnosis units in psychiatric facilities: Opportunities and challenges
Yasmien Jeenah
18. Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder: A comparative study on the clinical characteristics of patients with alcohol dependence and schizophrenia
Gerhard Jordaan, D G Nel, R Hewlett, R Emsley
19. Anxiety disorders: the first evidence for a role in preventive psychiatry
Andre F Joubert
20. The end of risk assessment and the beginning of start
Sean Kaliski
21. Psychiatric disorders abd psychosocial correlates of high HIV risk sexual behaviour in war-effected Eatern Uganda
E Kinyada, H A Weiss, M Mungherera, P Onyango Mangen, E Ngabirano, R Kajungu, J Kagugube, W Muhwezi, J Muron, V Patel
22. One year of Forensic Psychiatric assessment in the Northern Cape: A comparison with an established assessment service in the Eastern Cape
N K Kirimi, C Visser
23. Mental Health service user priorities for service delivery in South Africa
Sharon Kleintjes, Crick Lund, Leslie Swartz, Alan Flisher and MHaPP Research Programme Consortium
24. The nature and extent of over-the-counter and prescription drug abuse in cape town
Liezl Kramer
25. Physical health issues in long-term psychiatric inpatients: An audit of nursing statistics and clinical files at Weskoppies Hospital
Christa Kruger
26. Suicide risk in Schizophrenia - 20 Years later, a cohort study
Gian Lippi, Ean Smit, Joyce Jordaan, Louw Roos
27.Developing mental health information systems in South Africa: Lessons from pilot projects in Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal
Crick Lund, S Skeen, N Mapena, C Isaacs, T Mirozev and the Mental Health and Poverty Research Programme Consortium Institution
28. Mental health aspects of South African emigration
Maria Marchetti-Mercer
29. What services SADAG can offer your patients
Elizabeth Matare
30. Culture and language in psychiatry
Dan Mkize
31. Latest psychotic episode
Povl Munk-Jorgensen
32. The Forensic profile of female offenders
Mo Nagdee, Helmut Fletcher
33. The intra-personal emotional impact of practising psychiatry
Margaret Nair
34. Highly sensitive persons (HSPs) and implications for treatment
Margaret Nair
35. Task shifting in mental health - The Kenyan experience
David M Ndetei
36. Bridging the gap between traditional healers and mental health in todya's modern psychiatry
David M Ndetei
37. Integrating to achieve modern psychiatry
David M Ndetei
38. Non-medical prescribing: Outcomes from a pharmacist-led post-traumatic stress disorder clinic
A Parkinson
39. Is there a causal relationship between alcohol and HIV? Implications for policy, practice and future research
Charles Parry
40. Global mental health - A new global health discipline comes of age
Vikram Patel
41. Integrating mental health into primary health care: Lessons from pilot District demonstration sites in Uganda and South Africa
Inge Petersen, Arvin Bhana, K Baillie and MhaPP Research Programme Consortium
42. Personality disorders -The orphan child in axis I - Axis II Dichotomy
Willie Pienaar
43. Case Studies in Psychiatric Ethics
Willie Pienaar
44. Coronary artery disease and depression: Insights into pathogenesis and clinical implications
Janus Pretorius
45. Impact of the Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002 on designated hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: Triumphs and trials
Suvira Ramlall, Jennifer Chipps
46. Biological basis of addication
Solomon Rataemane
47. Genetics of Schizophrenia
Louw Roos
48. Management of delirium - Recent advances
Shaquir Salduker
49. Social neuroscience: Brain research on social issues
Manfred Spitzer
50. Experiments on the unconscious
Manfred Spitzer
51. The Psychology and neuroscience of music
Manfred Spitzer
52. Mental disorders in DSM-V
Dan Stein
53. Personality, trauma exposure, PTSD and depression in a cohort of SA Metro policemen: A longitudinal study
Ugashvaree Subramaney
54. Eating disorders: An African perspective
Christopher Szabo
55. An evaluation of the WHO African Regional strategy for mental health 2001-2010
Thandi van Heyningen, M Majavu, C Lund
56. A unitary model for the motor origin of bipolar mood disorders and schizophrenia
Jacques J M van Hoof
57. The origin of mentalisation and the treatment of personality disorders
Jacques J M Hoof
58. How to account practically for 'The Cause' in psychiatric diagnostic classification
C W (Werdie) van Staden
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
59. Problem drinking and physical and sexual abuse at WSU Faculty of Health Sciences, Mthatha, 2009
Orlando Alonso Betancourt, Maricela Morales Herrera, E, N Kwizera, J L Bernal Munoz
60. Prevalence of alcohol drinking problems and other substances at WSU Faculty of Health Sciences, Mthatha, 2009
Orlando Alonso Betancourt, Maricela Morales Herrera, E, N Kwizera, J L Bernal Munoz
61. Lessons learnt from a modified assertive community-based treatment programme in a developing country
Ulla Botha, Liezl Koen, John Joska, Linda Hering, Piet Ooosthuizen
62. Perceptions of psychologists regarding the use of religion and spirituality in therapy
Ottilia Brown, Diane Elkonin
63. Resilience in families where a member is living with schizophreni
Ottilia Brown, Jason Haddad, Greg Howcroft
64. Fusion and grandiosity - The mastersonian approach to the narcissistic disorder of the self
William Griffiths, D Macklin, Loray Daws
65. Not being allowed to exist - The mastersonian approach to the Schizoid disorder of the self
William Griffiths, D Macklin, Loray Daws
66. Risky drug-injecting behaviours in Cape Town and the need for a needle exchange programme
Volker Hitzeroth
67. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in adolescents in the Western Cape: A case series
Terri Henderson
68. Experience and view of local academic psychiatrists on the role of spirituality in South African specialist psychiatry, compared with a qualitative analysis of the medical literature
Bernard Janse van Rensburg
69. The role of defined spirituality in local specialist psychiatric practice and training: A model and operational guidelines for South African clinical care scenarios
Bernard Janse van Rensburg
70. Handedness in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder in an Afrikaner founder population
Marinda Joubert, J L Roos, J Jordaan
71. A role for structural equation modelling in subtyping schizophrenia in an African population
Liezl Koen, Dana Niehaus, Esme Jordaan, Robin Emsley
72. Caregivers of disabled elderly persons in Nigeria
Lola Kola, Oye Gureje, Adesola Ogunniyi, Dapo Olley
73. HIV Seropositivity in recently admitted and long-term psychiatric inpatients: Prevalence and diagnostic profile
Christina Kruger, M P Henning, L Fletcher
74. Syphilis seropisitivity in recently admitted longterm psychiatry inpatients: Prevalence and diagnostic profile
Christina Kruger, M P Henning, L Fletcher
75. 'The Great Suppression'
Sarah Lamont, Joel Shapiro, Thandi Groves, Lindsey Bowes
76. Not being allowed to grow up - The Mastersonian approach to the borderline personality
Daleen Macklin, W Griffiths
77. Exploring the internal confirguration of the cycloid personality: A Rorschach comprehensive system study
Daleen Macklin, Loray Daws, M Aronstam
78. A survey to determine the level of HIV related knowledge among adult psychiatric patients admitted to Weskoppies Hospital
T G Magagula, M M Mamabolo, C Kruger, L Fletcher
79. A survey of risk behaviour for contracting HIV among adult psychiatric patients admitted to Weskoppies Hospital
M M Mamabolo, T G Magagula, C Kruger, L Fletcher
80. A retrospective review of state sector outpatients (Tara Hospital) prescribed Olanzapine: Adherence to metabolic and cardiovascular screening and monitoring guidelines
Carina Marsay, C P Szabo
81. Reported rapes at a hospital rape centre: Demographic and clinical profiles
Lindi Martin, Kees Lammers, Donavan Andrews, Soraya Seedat
82. Exit examination in Final-Year medical students: Measurement validity of oral examinations in psychiatry
Mpogisheng Mashile, D J H Niehaus, L Koen, E Jordaan
83. Trends of suicide in the Transkei region of South Africa
Banwari Meel
84. Functional neuro-imaging in survivors of torture
Thriya Ramasar, U Subramaney, M D T H W Vangu, N S Perumal
85. Newly diagnosed HIV+ in South Africa: Do men and women enroll in care?
Dinesh Singh, S Hoffman, E A Kelvin, K Blanchard, N Lince, J E Mantell, G Ramjee, T M Exner
86. Diagnostic utitlity of the International HIC Dementia scale for Asymptomatic HIV-Associated neurocognitive impairment and HIV-Associated neurocognitive disorder in South Africa
Dinesh Singh, K Goodkin, D J Hardy, E Lopez, G Morales
87. The Psychological sequelae of first trimester termination of pregnancy (TOP): The impact of resilience
Ugashvaree Subramaney
88. Drugs and other therapies under investigation for PTSD: An international database
Sharain Suliman, Soraya Seedat
89. Frequency and correlates of HIV Testing in patients with severe mental illness
Hendrik Temmingh, Leanne Parasram, John Joska, Tania Timmermans, Pete Milligan, Helen van der Plas, Henk Temmingh
90. A proposed mental health service and personnel organogram for the Elizabeth Donkin psychiatric Hospital
Stephan van Wyk, Zukiswa Zingela
91. A brief report on the current state of mental health care services in the Eastern Cape
Stephan van Wyk, Zukiswa Zingela, Kiran Sukeri, Heloise Uys, Mo Nagdee, Maricela Morales, Helmut Erlacher, Orlando Alonso
92. An integrated mental health care service model for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
Stephan van Wyk, Zukiswa Zingela, Kiran Sukeri
93. Traditional and alternative healers: Prevalence of use in psychiatric patients
Zukiswa Zingela, S van Wyk, W Esterhuysen, E Carr, L Gaauch