African Journal of Psychiatry
September 14, 2011
Henk S. Temmingh, Dan Joseph Stein, Soraya Seedat
29 citations
OBJECTIVE: Large epidemiological surveys conducted in the developed world have found rates of psychotic symptoms in the general population to be as high as 10-28%. However, there are few data available from developing countries, including African countries, on the prevalence and correlates of psychotic symptoms. This study investigates the prevalence and correlates of psychotic symptoms (ie...
African Journal of Psychiatry
September 14, 2011
Christoffel Grobler, E.M. Weiss, E Lebelo et al.
3 citations
Culture and religion may impact on mental health. A case from Limpopo province is described with the aim of informing and alerting medical and nursing practitioners working in rural South Africa (with relevance no doubt to other similar African settings) to the dynamics of the case that may warrant more comprehensive attention and consideration, than may be generally afforded in the routine...
African Journal of Psychiatry
April 6, 2010
Margaretha Viljoen, BL Negrao
Keyresearch related to consciousness is that which investigates the neural systems that are deactivated or attenuated during altered states of consciousness, as well as during unconsciousness. This paper addresses various states of altered consciousness such as anaesthesia, sleep, vegetative states, seizures, post-LSD hallucinations, the minimally conscious state, locked-in syndrome, comatose...
African Journal of Psychiatry
July 17, 2006
Johannes Lodewikus Roos, H.W. Pretorius, Maria Karayiorgou et al.
11 citations
Objective: An ongoing collaborative study between the Human Neurogenetic Laboratory of Rockefeller University, New York and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pretoria, has been taking place since 1997, to map genes for schizophrenia. Aspects of cannabis use/abuse will be reported.Method: The Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies [DIGS] is used for all diagnosis. A narrative...