South African Journal of Psychiatry

Article	Citations
COVID-19 infection at a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Clinical service planning and challenges	15
Prior trauma experiences among state patients charged with murder: A retrospective records review	12
Acknowledgement to reviewers	9
Sleep quality of adult psychiatric outpatients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital	8
Descriptive study of mental health care users 12 months pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdown	7
Impulsivity and psychiatric comorbidity as risk factors for suicide attempts in borderline personality disorder	7
Family functioning, psychological distress and suicidal tendencies among adolescents in Ghana	7
Mothers’ psychopathology and their adult offspring’s cortisol level in a Rwandan sample	7
Exploration of psychiatric inpatients’ experience of adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Associations of maternal alcohol and non-prescribed substance use with early child growth	6
Attitudes of Christian leaders and congregants in South Africa towards mental illness and the mentally ill	6
The profile of long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	6
Exploring South African Indian men’s understanding of depression	5
End-of-life care in South Africa: Important legal developments	5
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a patient with Cushing’s syndrome	5
Assessing HIV transmission knowledge in psychiatric patients in Johannesburg, South Africa	5
Caregiver burden and its sociodemographic determinants in family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia attending a psychiatric tertiary hospital in South Africa	5
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents living with HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa	4
Prevalence and determinants of burnout among South African doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Correlates and cascade of HIV care in patients with psychiatric disorders in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	4
Substance use patterns in an adolescent psychiatric unit in Johannesburg, South Africa	4
Positive mental health of patients at a psychiatric hospital, Gauteng province, South Africa	4
From stroke to depression: The need for systematic screening for post-stroke depression	4
Clinical profile of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in Durban, South Africa	4
Family Psycho-Social Involvement Intervention for severe mental illness in Uganda	3

Assessing attitudes of fourth year medical students towards psychiatry and mental illness	3
Expanding mental health support: Empowering medical professionals with greater resilience	3
Views held by South African primary health care nurses on caring for people living with mental illness	3
The effects of inpatient suicide on nurses at Weskoppies Hospital: A qualitative study	3
Perceptions and experiences of patients attending an opioid substitution clinic in South Africa	3
Common mental disorders amongst frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	3
Neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations in hospitalised patients with COVID-19	3
Suicidal behaviour among patients with congestive cardiac failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital	3
Relationship between physical activity and behaviour challenges of adolescents in South Africa	3
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus with and without HIV infection: A South African study	3
Lived experiences of adolescents admitted for first-episode psychosis in South Africa	3
Contraceptive use in women with mental illness in Soweto, South Africa	2
Changes in cannabis use post decriminalisation in mental health care users in South Africa	2
Effects of personality traits on mindful self-care practices of healthcare workers	2
An in depth review of body shaming phenomenon among adolescent: Trigger factors, psychological impact and prevention efforts	2
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder stigma: The silent barrier to care	2
Feasibility and acceptability of a mental health stigma intervention for low-income South African caregivers: A qualitative investigation	2
The burden of insomnia among public health sector nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	2
A history of depression in patients attending a chronic pain management clinic in South Africa: A retrospective chart review	2
A call for communication, compassion and care	2
Provision of HIV services to psychiatric inpatients in Botswana: Challenges and recommendations	2
Knowledge and attitudes towards electroconvulsive therapy in an academic psychiatric department	2
Review of Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry and Cognitive-Affective Science	2
Patients’ voices from music therapy at a South African psychiatric hospital	2
Lived experience narrative: My bipolar odyssey	2
Demographic and clinical correlates of depression among older adults with arthritis in Nigeria	2
Introducing the ‘Lived Experience’ section of the South African Journal of Psychiatry	2
Routine investigations for patients with mental and behavioural disturbances	2
A population-based survey of autistic traits in Kenyan adolescents and young adults	2
The experiences and perceptions of mental health service provision at a primary health centre in the Eastern Cape	2
Corrigendum: Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients	2
Differences in alcohol and cannabis use amongst substance use disorder patients with and without comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	2
Influence of first- and second-generation antipsychotics on anthropometric parameters of male psychiatric patients	2
Correlates of high-dose antipsychotic prescription amongst outpatients with Schizophrenia in a Nigerian Hospital	2
Psychological distress among workers at a mine	1
The significance of sleep quality in euthymic bipolar patients from Nigeria	1
Aggressive behaviour among children and adolescents at a public outpatient psychiatric facility	1
Lived experiences of adults’ non-compliance with psychiatric medication for depression	1
Digital psychiatry in Nigeria: A scoping review	1
Trauma as a mediator of childhood adversity and mental illness in South Africa: A path analysis	1
A case of schizophrenia refuting mind-body dualism	1
Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout in medical students at the University of Namibia	1
Descriptive outcomes for a cohort of high-frequency psychiatric service users in the Western Cape, South Africa after 10 years	1
Lived experience narrative: My journey with schizophrenia	1
A psychiatrist in training encounters a traditional healer	1
An uncommon variant of Alzheimer’s disease: Posterior cortical atrophy	1
Seasonal trends in methylphenidate use: A mirror of misuse or compliance?	1
The valproate prescription pattern for female mental healthcare users of reproductive age	1
COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa	1
Disability and premorbid adjustment in schizophrenia: A retrospective analysis	1

Trauma survivors’ perceptions and experiences of prolonged exposure for PTSD at a psychology clinic	1
Psychosis screening questionnaire: Exploring its factor structure among South African adults	1
Mental health services in Gauteng, South Africa: A proxy evaluation using pharmaceutical data	1
Psychometric properties of Drug Attitude Inventory among patients with schizophrenia	1
Teaching transference focused psychotherapy to South African mental health practitioners	1
Antipsychotics-related hyperprolactinaemia among patients with schizophrenia in Maiduguri	1
Mental health literacy among secondary school learners in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study	1
A case of clozapine-induced stuttering in a HIV-positive individual	1
Validation of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among senior students in Benin City, Nigeria	1
Prioritising maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment research in Africa – A call for action amidst the backdrop of the COVID‑19 pandemic	1
Prescribing patterns of long-acting injectable antipsychotics in a community setting in South Africa	1
Systematic mapping on availability, extent and distribution of mental health research in Malawi	1
Experience of violence, coping and support for nurses working in acute psychiatric wards	1
The prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression amongst essential workers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ekiti State, Nigeria	1
Mortality rate in patients in a long-term psychiatric care facility in Johannesburg	1
Antipsychotics and chronic dystonia at a Botulinum Toxin clinic	1
The magnitude and determinants of depressive symptoms amongst women in early pregnancy in Southern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study	1
A description of COVID-19 related delusional content in admissions to an acute psychiatric unit	1
Working memory and set-shifting in school-aged children classified as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder	1
Early deviant behaviour as a dimension trait and endophenotype in schizophrenia	1
Psychologists’ reflections on a trans and gender-diverse group at Baragwanath Hospital	1
Are female bipolar patients of reproductive age aware of the teratogenic risk of sodium valproate? A qualitative study	1
HIV associated psychiatric comorbidity among attendees at a tertiary hospital, North-Eastern Nigeria	1
Promotive factors associated with internalising symptoms amongst college students during the COVID-19 lockdown in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria	1
Coulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features	1
Preparedness of final year medical students in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients with mental illness	1
Factors associated with patient readmission to a specialised psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape	1
Neurocognitive improvement in HIV-positive patients treated with dolutegravir-based regimens	1
Experiences of family members of relatives admitted as state patients in a psychiatric hospital	1
Knowledge, confidence, and practices of clinical associates in the management of mental illness	1
Table of Contents Vol 28 (2022)	1
The SASOP/PsychMg child and adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder guidelines	0
Retrospective review: Factors impacting length of stay in Bipolar Disorder at a tertiary hospital	0
The SASOP/PsychMg guidelines for psychiatric independent medical examinations	0
Mental health education for physiotherapists: A scoping review	0
Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic	0
Second victims of obstetric care – Support for healthcare professionals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Insights into underfunding in the private healthcare sector in South Africa	0
HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care in patients with psychosis in South Africa	0
Attitudes of primary healthcare nurses towards people living with mental illness in Botswana	0
Evaluating counselling skills of community health workers for pregnant adolescents in Limpopo Province	0
Diagnostic difficulty in an adolescent with dissociative identity disorder	0
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with ketamine induction for catatonia in an HIV positive patient	0
The effect of structured psychoeducation on caregiver burden in carers of patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria: A 12-week follow-up investigation	0
Knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behaviour for mental illness in a Christian community	0
Depressive symptoms and quality of life prior to metabolic surgery in Cape Town, South Africa	0
Corrigendum: A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptom evaluation improves detection of PTSD in people with a first-episode of psychosis in South Africa	0
Depression, anxiety and coping mechanisms among mental healthcare practitioners during COVID-19	0
Community mental health literacy in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study	0
Psychiatric nurses’ knowledge of COVID-19 within a patient care context: A qualitative study	0
The experiences of clinical psychologists in treating traumatic stress at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape: A qualitative study	0
The test-retest reliability of the Opiate Treatment Index in nyaope users in Johannesburg	0
Table of Contents Vol 29 (2023)	0
Psychiatric morbidity in children involved in bullying treated at the Free State Psychiatric Complex	0
Nigeria mental health law: Challenges and implications for mental health services	0
The prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary clinic in Gaborone, Botswana	0
Burnout in emergency department staff: The prevalence and barriers to intervention	0
Adverse childhood experiences, mental illness, HIV and offending among female inmates in Durban, South Africa	0
Development and validation of the Redeemer’s University Suicidality Scale	0
Erratum: Extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode schizophrenia treated with flupenthixol decanoate	0
The profile of adolescent patients presenting to a tertiary maternal mental health clinic	0
A retrospective data analysis of psychiatric cases in Hargeisa, Somaliland between 2019 and 2020	0
The gendered context of women charged with violent offences in the forensic psychiatric setting	0
The intersection of depression and disability: A personal and professional perspective	0
Illness-perception in adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A qualitative study	0
An initiative to reduce psychiatric boarding in a Cape Town emergency department	0
Acknowledgement to reviewers	0
Evaluating the efficacy of an online depression screening tool in South Africa: A pilot study	0
Virtual nurse support to enhance antipsychotic adherence in schizophrenia: A South African perspective	0
Cultural adaptation of the facial emotion perception test for use in Zimbabwe: A pilot study	0
Influence of first- and second-generation antipsychotics on anthropometric parameters of male psychiatric patients	0
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Expanded version: Construct validity using Rasch model analysis	0
Profile of suicide within the northern part of Ghana: A decade under review	0
Assessing the revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal for Alcohol Scale use at Stikland Hospital	0
COVID-19 in patients with severe mental illness: An analysis of in-patients at a psychiatric hospital in Cape Town	0
Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: Length of stay and associated factors	0
Clozapine monitoring at a specialised psychiatric hospital: A retrospective chart review	0
Ketamine for depressive symptoms: A retrospective chart review of a private ketamine clinic	0
Readmission of adolescent psychiatric patients to a specialised unit in Gauteng, South Africa	0
A review of recent treatments for adults living with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	0

Depression and quality of life among pregnant women in first and third trimesters in Abeokuta: A comparative study	0
Psychiatric nurses’ experiences of using a model to improve relationships of couples with borderline personality disorder	0
Comparing the medication costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who use cannabis with those who do not	0
A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptoms detection in first-episode psychosis	0
The prevalence of anxiety in pregnant women at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital	0
Case study: New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms following switching to a dolutegravir regimen	0
Health effects of caregiving and coping with severe mental disorders: A caregivers’ experience	0
South Africa’s Psychiatric training capacity in 2008 and in 2018. Has training capacity improved?	0
The profile of offenders accused of rape referred to the Observation Ward of the Free State Psychiatric Complex, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2011–2015	0
Mental illness and HIV amongst female inmates in Durban, South Africa	0
Mental health status of doctors and nurses in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: A COVID-19 experience	0
Predictors of burnout among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital	0
Costs of adult functional neurological disorders at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa	0
Autonomic response and attachment style in disruptive mood dysregulation disorder	0
The lifeworld of families of mental health care users in rural South Africa: A phenomenological study	0
Nurses’ practice of metabolic monitoring for patients on antipsychotics in Lesotho	0
Cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation amongst adolescent psychiatric patients at Lentegeur Hospital, South Africa	0
Factors associated with long hospitalisation for psychotic disorder patients in an acute ward: Tertiary care hospital	0
Safety and effectiveness of methylphenidate ER multi-unit pellet system in ADHD patients: An open label study	0
Food insecurity in women with mental illnesses attending a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal	0
Substance and alcohol use in pregnant women attending antenatal care at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa	0
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and social skills training in management of conduct disorder	0
Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test validity in bipolar and psychotic disorders	0
Scheduling of methylphenidate: Preventing misuse or impeding ADHD treatment adherence?	0
Experiences of mental healthcare users and their families when interacting with SAPS: A qualitative study	0
Cannabis use among hospitalised adolescents before and after decriminalisation in South Africa	0
An online mindfulness intervention for medical students in South Africa: A randomised controlled trial	0
Social, forensic, and clinical correlates in female observandi referred for non-violent crimes	0
Job satisfaction, personality traits, and its impact on motivation among mental health workers	0
Post-traumatic stress symptoms in mental healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak	0
Study of burnout and depressive symptoms in doctors at a central level, state hospital	0
Caregiver burden among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder	0
Prevalence of cannabis use in people with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Quality of life and self-stigma of schizophrenia patient’s caregiver tool: Development and validation using classical test theory and Rasch analysis	0
Prevalence of substance use and knowledge of its effects among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria	0
Childhood trauma, substance use and depressive symptoms in people with HIV during COVID-19	0
Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews	0
Medication non-adherence in re-admitted patients at a psychiatry hospital: A qualitative study	0
Table of Contents Vol 27 (2021)	0
Demographic and mental health profile of youth in a gender service: An African case series	0
Psychosocial effects of gender-based violence among women in Vhembe district: A qualitative study	0
Assessing the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in epileptic patients at a tertiary clinic	0
From ideation to attempt: A study of suicidality and its correlates amongst patients with schizophrenia in a resource-poor country	0
Mental health distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Need for psychological intervention	0
Developing a healthcare worker psychological preparedness support programme for the COVID-19 outbreak	0
Prevalence and predictors of postpartum depression among women attending clinics in Gaborone	0
Qualitative study of mental health attribution, perceptions and care-seeking in Kampala, Uganda	0
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Assessing the mental health literacy of healthcare workers at a Johannesburg tertiary hospital	0
Changes in patient-reported outcomes during admission to a South African psychiatric facility	0
Access and use of digital technology by patients with psychosis at a hospital in South Africa	0
Changes in schizophrenia symptoms, tryptophan metabolism, neuroinflammation and the GABA-glutamate loop: A pilot study	0
Predictors of mass psychogenic illness in a junior secondary school in rural Botswana: A case control study	0
Long-term benzodiazepine prescriptions in community psychiatry clinics	0
Corrigendum: Do medical students feel career ready after their psychiatry clinical rotation?	0
Factors associated with longer hospital admission in elderly patients with major neurocognitive disorder	0
South African mental healthcare providers’ views about exercise for people with mental illness	0
Youth exposure to violence and victimization in a South African community sample	0
Complex Psychotropic Polypharmacy in Soweto-based community psychiatry clinics	0
Acknowledgement to reviewers	0
Impact of completing a psychosocial rehabilitation programme on inpatient service utilisation in South Africa	0
A call for SASOP to review their position on the care of ‘transgender and non-binary youth’	0
Characteristics of inpatients in dialectical behaviour therapy modified for a resource-limited setting	0
Intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and prenatal substance use in South Africa	0
Clozapine use at a specialised psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg	0
Assessing sleep using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among comorbid HIV and psychiatric outpatients	0
Contraceptive use and counselling in women with mental illness: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Systematic review on the prevalence of perinatal depression in Malawi	0
Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews	0
Alcohol and drug use as factors for high-school learners’ absenteeism in the Western Cape	0
Acknowledgement to reviewers	0
Lithium-induced cognitive dysfunction assessed over 1-year hospitalisation: A case report	0
Attitudes of medical students regarding legalisation of cannabis and cannabis-education	0
Exploring burnout among psychiatric trainees at a South African university	0
Ten game-changers in mental health for South Africa	0
Psychiatric nurses advocating for the human rights of mental health care users in Gauteng	0
Factors affecting readmission of adolescent mental healthcare users to a psychiatric hospital	0
Psychiatric morbidity amongst adolescents in a Nigerian juvenile correctional facility	0