Browsing Clinical Psychology by Title
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How treatment is possible in the absence of a concept of mental disorder.
(2015)Commonly it is accepted that one of the advantages of the concept of mental disorder is its necessity when it comes to practical treatment issues. It is for this and other practical reasons that the concept of mental ... -
Identity, PTSD, and psychotherapy with policemen during the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid South Africa.
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An interpretive evaluation of a positive rights based sexual health programme for Grade 11 learners in a secondary school in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2014)Advances in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in the past 15 years have led to a reputable decline in the rate of new infections and a reduction of HIV related deaths. However, the prevalence rate in the Sub-Saharan ... -
Investigating the problem of underutilization of clinic-based prenatal services in rural communities in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
(2017)In its response to the high maternal reproductive morbidity and frequent pregnancy wastage, as well as the general problem of reproductive vulnerability among child-bearing women in South Africa, the government of the ... -
Investigation into codependency in spouses of alcoholics: an exploratory study.
(1994)Abstract available in PDF. -
An investigation of child sexual abuse in terms of content and effectiveness of 2 modalities of group therapy treatment.
(1995)Within the field of child sexual abuse much of the research concerning initial effects has been obtained from clinical anecdotes and case material. Empirical validation is therefore needed to substantiate research in this ... -
An investigation of community mental health strategies : a case study of the Bambayi care-givers group.
(1992)Abstract available in PDF. -
An investigation of the relationship between self-esteem and risk-taking behaviour among adolescent students studying at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus.
(2015)This study sought to investigate the relationship between self-esteem and risk-taking behaviour among adolescent students studying at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg Campus. A total of 188 adolescent ... -
Mapping internationalization in research collaboration in the international society of political psychology.
(2017)This research explored internationalization in research collaboration in the international society of political psychology (ISPP) by mapping patterns collaboration in conference presentations at the ISPP annual meetings ... -
Mental Health : representations of the schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders in South African newspapers.
(2017)TITLE: Mental Health: Representations of the schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders in South African newspapers. AIM: This paper is a report of the findings of a study aimed at exploring how the print media ... -
Mental health literacy : conceptions and attitudes toward mental disorders and beliefs about treatment among African residents of Sisonke district in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)Nearly 1 in 10 people have a mental disorder worldwide, and there are many people with chronic or severe mental disorders who are unaware that they have a diagnosable disorder or that effective treatment is available. ... -
Mental health literacy of young people in South Africa: A study of University of KwaZulu-Natal students.
(2018)The central objective of the present study was to investigate the mental health literacy of the University of KwaZulu-Natal undergraduate Black students. The specific objective was to explore the level of the students’ ... -
Moral and ethical dilemmas of young African men in intimate heterosexual relationships: a dialogical perspective.
(2019)While there is a growing body of knowledge on the study of masculinities, only a few studies have tried to understand the moral and ethical dilemmas young African men experience in relationships with women. The main objective ... -
Novel fatty acid based pH-responsive nanostructured lipid carriers for enhancing vancomycin activity.
(2017)Targeted delivery of antibiotics via pH-responsive nano-formulations can combat the limitations of conventional dosage forms and reduce resistance development. Identification of new lipids for the preparation of nanocarriers ... -
PINS 1983 - 1998 and the construction of an alternative discourse : text and psychology in South(ern) Africa from apartheid to liberation.
(1999)This study analyses the journal Psychology in Society for the period 1983 to 1998. It does so with a view to determining whether collectively the contributors fulfilled the editors' call for the construction of discourses ... -
The portrayal of Paedophilia in the media: An analysis of themes and stigma in South African newsprint media 2013-2018.
(2019)Child sexual offenders and paedophilic acts are highly controversial and widely debated topics, especially in the media. An assumption is made that paedophilic acts are among the most highly stigmatised and misunderstood ... -
Promotion of students’ knowledge and utilization of the Billings Ovulation Method of natural fertility management: An experimental study.
(2016)This study investigated two teaching methods of enhancing the knowledge and use of the Billings’ Ovulation Method (BOM) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A sample of 60 male and female post-graduate students was used in ... -
A psychobiography of Vuyiswa Mckonie.
(2015)This is a psychobiographical study of Vuyiswa Mackonie’s life, with the use of psychological theory to better understand and uncover her life. The choice was based on the extraordinary qualities that Vuyiswa Mackonie ... -
A qualitative exploration on how Black African psychologists practise culturally competent care when helping Black African clients who hold traditional explanatory models of illness.
(2018)To date, existing literature on psychological theories and the practice of psychology are deeply entrenched in Western experiences. This is so, despite psychology and psychotherapy being implemented in academic institutions ...