Browsing Masters Degrees (Psychiatry) by Issue Date

Dyskinesia : An analysis of abnormal involuntary movement types among white psychiatric inmates of Town Hill Hospital, Pietermaritzburg.

Dunn, John Anthony. (1985)

An overview of the varied clinico-neurological features of dyskinesias in general is presented, and literature an the epidemiology af tardive dyskinesia since the introduction of antipsychotic drugs in 1950, reviewed. ...

A Cultural study of auditory hallucinations in psychotic Indian males from the Durban area.

Kajee, Abdool Haq Suleman. (1985)

The aim of this project was to study the phenomenology of auditory hallucinations in Indians. The sample investigated consisted of thirty adult Indian males domiciled in the Durban area, attending neuroclinics, who had ...

A controlled study of life events, social support, and religious affinity among depressed Indian South Africans.

Mansoor, Fathima Bibi. (2006)

Cross cultural research on the association between Life Events, Social Support, Religious Affinity, and Depression is limited. In view of the clinical impression that depression is becoming more prevalent in the Indian ...

A cross-sectional study of teacher stress and job satisfaction among South African Indian teachers in the Durban area.

Garbharran, Hari Narain. (1990)

There is growing concern over the large number of Indian teachers in South Africa resigning from the profession to seek alternate employment or to emigrate. Despite this concern, very little empirical research has ...

Stress among Indian general practitioners in the greater Durban area.

Kathrada, Ahmed Suliman. (1991)

Research on stress factors among General Practitioners in relation to burnout is limited. In view of the clinical impression that stress is becoming more prevalent amongst Indian General Practitioners in urban areas, a ...

A psychiatric study of Zulu male certified patients, comparing those who had been exposed to extreme civil unrest before admission, with those who had not been so exposed : with special emphasis on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Brayshaw, Bertram Maclear. (1991)

No abstract available.

A study of the characteristics of crimes committed by mentally ill offenders.

Boyes, Sharon Wynne. (1992)

There is ongoing controversy concerning the relationship between crime, violence and mental illness. Studies from the first half of the century reported low arrest rates amongst the mentally ill. However recent researchers ...

Psychiatric morbidity in postpartum Zulu women at King Edward VIII Hospital.

Laban, Premakanthie Rosemary. (1992)

Psychiatric morbidity in the postpartum period has been a subject of research for years that has been plagued by much controversy. Most of the studies have come from Western countries. Studies that were done in Africa have ...

Involuntary hospitalisation : the discrepancy between actual practice and legal requirements in the Lentegeur Hospital (Cape Town) catchment area.

Jhetam, Naeem Ahmed. (1993)

The aim of this study was to document the safeguards inherent in the Mental Health Act (MHA) of 1973, and to examine the extent " to which these are observed in practice. The research was conducted at Lentegeur Hospital ...

A biopsychosocial evaluation of readmissions to a mental hospital.

Moodley, Krishnavallie. (1993)

Since deinstitutionalization many patients, instead of remaining in the community, revolve through the doors of psychiatric facilities resulting in the "Revolving Door Syndrome". Hence a biopsychosocial evaluation of ...

A study of the acute neurological side effects in hospitalized psychiatric patients receiving neuroleptic drug treatment.

Raymond, Neville Vincent. (1993)

Neuroleptic drugs are essential in the treatment of schizophrenia and many other psychiatric disorders. These drugs do however cause a wide range of side effects which can be very distressing to patients. In particular the ...