South African Journal of Psychiatry

Papers
(The median citation count of South African Journal of Psychiatry is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
COVID-19 infection at a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Clinical service planning and challenges12
Impulsivity and psychiatric comorbidity as risk factors for suicide attempts in borderline personality disorder11
Prior trauma experiences among state patients charged with murder: A retrospective records review8
Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress amongst healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey8
Descriptive study of mental health care users 12 months pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdown7
Sleep quality of adult psychiatric outpatients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital7
Mothers’ psychopathology and their adult offspring’s cortisol level in a Rwandan sample7
Acknowledgement to reviewers7
Attitudes of Christian leaders and congregants in South Africa towards mental illness and the mentally ill6
Assessing HIV transmission knowledge in psychiatric patients in Johannesburg, South Africa6
End-of-life care in South Africa: Important legal developments6
The profile of long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa6
Caregiver burden and its sociodemographic determinants in family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia attending a psychiatric tertiary hospital in South Africa5
Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use amongst South African adults with mental illness in the Eastern Cape5
Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa5
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a patient with Cushing’s syndrome5
Clinical profile of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in Durban, South Africa4
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in adolescents living with HIV in Johannesburg, South Africa4
Positive mental health of patients at a psychiatric hospital, Gauteng province, South Africa4
Prevalence and determinants of burnout among South African doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Exploring South African Indian men’s understanding of depression4
Substance use patterns in an adolescent psychiatric unit in Johannesburg, South Africa4
From stroke to depression: The need for systematic screening for post-stroke depression4
Associations of premorbid adjustment with type and timing of childhood trauma in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders4
Correlates and cascade of HIV care in patients with psychiatric disorders in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa4
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus with and without HIV infection: A South African study3
Common mental disorders amongst frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study3
Suicidal behaviour among patients with congestive cardiac failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital3
Assessing attitudes of fourth year medical students towards psychiatry and mental illness3
Expanding mental health support: Empowering medical professionals with greater resilience3
Lived experiences of adolescents admitted for first-episode psychosis in South Africa3
Assessing the clinical utility of the severity dependence scale for benzodiazepine use disorder3
The experiences and perceptions of mental health service provision at a primary health centre in the Eastern Cape3
Family Psycho-Social Involvement Intervention for severe mental illness in Uganda3
Neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations in hospitalised patients with COVID-193
Views held by South African primary health care nurses on caring for people living with mental illness3
The effects of inpatient suicide on nurses at Weskoppies Hospital: A qualitative study3
Relationship between physical activity and behaviour challenges of adolescents in South Africa3
Knowledge and attitudes towards electroconvulsive therapy in an academic psychiatric department2
Effects of personality traits on mindful self-care practices of healthcare workers2
Corrigendum: Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients2
Demographic and clinical correlates of depression among older adults with arthritis in Nigeria2
A call for communication, compassion and care2
Changes in cannabis use post decriminalisation in mental health care users in South Africa2
A population-based survey of autistic traits in Kenyan adolescents and young adults2
Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use amongst South African adults with mental illness in the Eastern Cape2
Contraceptive use in women with mental illness in Soweto, South Africa2
Correlates of high-dose antipsychotic prescription amongst outpatients with Schizophrenia in a Nigerian Hospital2
The burden of insomnia among public health sector nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa2
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder stigma: The silent barrier to care2
Review of Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry and Cognitive-Affective Science2
Provision of HIV services to psychiatric inpatients in Botswana: Challenges and recommendations2
An in depth review of body shaming phenomenon among adolescent: Trigger factors, psychological impact and prevention efforts2
Introducing the ‘Lived Experience’ section of the South African Journal of Psychiatry2
A history of depression in patients attending a chronic pain management clinic in South Africa: A retrospective chart review2
Lived experience narrative: My bipolar odyssey2
Routine investigations for patients with mental and behavioural disturbances2
Perceptions and experiences of patients attending an opioid substitution clinic in South Africa2
Differences in alcohol and cannabis use amongst substance use disorder patients with and without comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder1
Table of Contents Vol 28 (2022)1
Working memory and set-shifting in school-aged children classified as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder1
The valproate prescription pattern for female mental healthcare users of reproductive age1
Teaching transference focused psychotherapy to South African mental health practitioners1
Descriptive outcomes for a cohort of high-frequency psychiatric service users in the Western Cape, South Africa after 10 years1
COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa1
Seasonal trends in methylphenidate use: A mirror of misuse or compliance?1
Prescribing patterns of long-acting injectable antipsychotics in a community setting in South Africa1
Mental health services in Gauteng, South Africa: A proxy evaluation using pharmaceutical data1
Experience of violence, coping and support for nurses working in acute psychiatric wards1
Influence of first- and second-generation antipsychotics on anthropometric parameters of male psychiatric patients1
A description of COVID-19 related delusional content in admissions to an acute psychiatric unit1
Experiences of family members of relatives admitted as state patients in a psychiatric hospital1
Feasibility and acceptability of a mental health stigma intervention for low-income South African caregivers: A qualitative investigation1
Disability and premorbid adjustment in schizophrenia: A retrospective analysis1
The prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression amongst essential workers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ekiti State, Nigeria1
The significance of sleep quality in euthymic bipolar patients from Nigeria1
Lived experience narrative: My journey with schizophrenia1
Validation of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among senior students in Benin City, Nigeria1
Digital psychiatry in Nigeria: A scoping review1
Trauma survivors’ perceptions and experiences of prolonged exposure for PTSD at a psychology clinic1
Early deviant behaviour as a dimension trait and endophenotype in schizophrenia1
HIV associated psychiatric comorbidity among attendees at a tertiary hospital, North-Eastern Nigeria1
Psychosis screening questionnaire: Exploring its factor structure among South African adults1
Antipsychotics and chronic dystonia at a Botulinum Toxin clinic1
Patients’ voices from music therapy at a South African psychiatric hospital1
Lived experiences of adults’ non-compliance with psychiatric medication for depression1
An uncommon variant of Alzheimer’s disease: Posterior cortical atrophy1
Systematic mapping on availability, extent and distribution of mental health research in Malawi1
Factors associated with patient readmission to a specialised psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape1
Prioritising maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment research in Africa – A call for action amidst the backdrop of the COVID‑19 pandemic1
Mortality rate in patients in a long-term psychiatric care facility in Johannesburg1
Neurocognitive improvement in HIV-positive patients treated with dolutegravir-based regimens1
Knowledge, confidence, and practices of clinical associates in the management of mental illness1
Psychometric properties of Drug Attitude Inventory among patients with schizophrenia1
Coulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features1
The magnitude and determinants of depressive symptoms amongst women in early pregnancy in Southern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study1
Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout in medical students at the University of Namibia1
Corrigendum: Do medical students feel career ready after their psychiatry clinical rotation?0
Exploring burnout among psychiatric trainees at a South African university0
Caregiver burden among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder0
Changes in patient-reported outcomes during admission to a South African psychiatric facility0
A case of schizophrenia refuting mind-body dualism0
Influence of first- and second-generation antipsychotics on anthropometric parameters of male psychiatric patients0
COVID-19 in patients with severe mental illness: An analysis of in-patients at a psychiatric hospital in Cape Town0
The prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary clinic in Gaborone, Botswana0
Antipsychotics-related hyperprolactinaemia among patients with schizophrenia in Maiduguri0
Factors affecting readmission of adolescent mental healthcare users to a psychiatric hospital0
Illness-perception in adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A qualitative study0
Assessing the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in epileptic patients at a tertiary clinic0
Table of Contents Vol 27 (2021)0
Virtual nurse support to enhance antipsychotic adherence in schizophrenia: A South African perspective0
Burnout in emergency department staff: The prevalence and barriers to intervention0
The SASOP/PsychMg child and adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder guidelines0
Second victims of obstetric care – Support for healthcare professionals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa0
Medication non-adherence in re-admitted patients at a psychiatry hospital: A qualitative study0
HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care in patients with psychosis in South Africa0
A review of recent treatments for adults living with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder0
Psychosocial effects of gender-based violence among women in Vhembe district: A qualitative study0
South African mental healthcare providers’ views about exercise for people with mental illness0
Erratum: Extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode schizophrenia treated with flupenthixol decanoate0
Psychiatric nurses’ knowledge of COVID-19 within a patient care context: A qualitative study0
Evaluating counselling skills of community health workers for pregnant adolescents in Limpopo Province0
Assessing the mental health literacy of healthcare workers at a Johannesburg tertiary hospital0
Impact of completing a psychosocial rehabilitation programme on inpatient service utilisation in South Africa0
The intersection of depression and disability: A personal and professional perspective0
Development and validation of the Redeemer’s University Suicidality Scale0
Knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behaviour for mental illness in a Christian community0
Predictors of burnout among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital0
Clozapine use at a specialised psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg0
Evaluating the efficacy of an online depression screening tool in South Africa: A pilot study0
The test-retest reliability of the Opiate Treatment Index in nyaope users in Johannesburg0
Table of Contents Vol 29 (2023)0
HIV knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst patients with severe mental illnesses and chronic medical illnesses in Durban, South Africa0
Prevalence of cannabis use in people with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa0
Psychiatric nurses advocating for the human rights of mental health care users in Gauteng0
Post-traumatic stress symptoms in mental healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak0
Intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and prenatal substance use in South Africa0
Study of burnout and depressive symptoms in doctors at a central level, state hospital0
Ketamine for depressive symptoms: A retrospective chart review of a private ketamine clinic0
Cultural adaptation of the facial emotion perception test for use in Zimbabwe: A pilot study0
An online mindfulness intervention for medical students in South Africa: A randomised controlled trial0
Menstrual psychosis – From myth to reality: A case report of periodic psychotic symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle0
Mental health status of doctors and nurses in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: A COVID-19 experience0
Promotive factors associated with internalising symptoms amongst college students during the COVID-19 lockdown in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria0
Acknowledgement to reviewers0
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Insights into underfunding in the private healthcare sector in South Africa0
Long-term benzodiazepine prescriptions in community psychiatry clinics0
Preparedness of final year medical students in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients with mental illness0
Quality of life and self-stigma of schizophrenia patient’s caregiver tool: Development and validation using classical test theory and Rasch analysis0
The profile of suspected criminal offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation on an outpatient basis at Ngwelezana Hospital0
Health effects of caregiving and coping with severe mental disorders: A caregivers’ experience0
Trauma as a mediator of childhood adversity and mental illness in South Africa: A path analysis0
Assessing the revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal for Alcohol Scale use at Stikland Hospital0
Systematic review on the prevalence of perinatal depression in Malawi0
Readmission of adolescent psychiatric patients to a specialised unit in Gauteng, South Africa0
The effect of structured psychoeducation on caregiver burden in carers of patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria: A 12-week follow-up investigation0
Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews0
Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test validity in bipolar and psychotic disorders0
Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: Length of stay and associated factors0
Ten game-changers in mental health for South Africa0
Youth exposure to violence and victimization in a South African community sample0
Safety and effectiveness of methylphenidate ER multi-unit pellet system in ADHD patients: An open label study0
From ideation to attempt: A study of suicidality and its correlates amongst patients with schizophrenia in a resource-poor country0
Mental health distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Need for psychological intervention0
Predictors of mass psychogenic illness in a junior secondary school in rural Botswana: A case control study0
Factors associated with long hospitalisation for psychotic disorder patients in an acute ward: Tertiary care hospital0
Contraceptive use and counselling in women with mental illness: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa0
A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptoms detection in first-episode psychosis0
The prevalence of anxiety in pregnant women at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital0
Mental illness and HIV amongst female inmates in Durban, South Africa0
Adverse childhood experiences, mental illness, HIV and offending among female inmates in Durban, South Africa0
Social, forensic, and clinical correlates in female observandi referred for non-violent crimes0
The experiences of clinical psychologists in treating traumatic stress at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape: A qualitative study0
The profile of offenders accused of rape referred to the Observation Ward of the Free State Psychiatric Complex, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2011–20150
Case study: New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms following switching to a dolutegravir regimen0
A retrospective data analysis of psychiatric cases in Hargeisa, Somaliland between 2019 and 20200
Theoretical understanding of contextual motivations for sustained adolescent marijuana use in South Africa0
Mental health education for physiotherapists: A scoping review0
Psychiatric nurses’ experiences of using a model to improve relationships of couples with borderline personality disorder0
Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews0
The lifeworld of families of mental health care users in rural South Africa: A phenomenological study0
Retrospective review: Factors impacting length of stay in Bipolar Disorder at a tertiary hospital0
Attitudes of medical students regarding legalisation of cannabis and cannabis-education0
Clozapine monitoring at a specialised psychiatric hospital: A retrospective chart review0
Diagnostic difficulty in an adolescent with dissociative identity disorder0
Autonomic response and attachment style in disruptive mood dysregulation disorder0
The gendered context of women charged with violent offences in the forensic psychiatric setting0
Prevalence of substance use and knowledge of its effects among secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria0
Corrigendum: A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptom evaluation improves detection of PTSD in people with a first-episode of psychosis in South Africa0
Mental health literacy among secondary school learners in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study0
Alcohol and drug use as factors for high-school learners’ absenteeism in the Western Cape0
Lithium-induced cognitive dysfunction assessed over 1-year hospitalisation: A case report0
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with ketamine induction for catatonia in an HIV positive patient0
Are female bipolar patients of reproductive age aware of the teratogenic risk of sodium valproate? A qualitative study0
The profile of adolescent patients presenting to a tertiary maternal mental health clinic0
Job satisfaction, personality traits, and its impact on motivation among mental health workers0
Comparing the medication costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who use cannabis with those who do not0
Qualitative study of mental health attribution, perceptions and care-seeking in Kampala, Uganda0
Substance and alcohol use in pregnant women attending antenatal care at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa0
Childhood trauma, substance use and depressive symptoms in people with HIV during COVID-190
Psychiatric morbidity in children involved in bullying treated at the Free State Psychiatric Complex0
Demographic and mental health profile of youth in a gender service: An African case series0
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Expanded version: Construct validity using Rasch model analysis0
Nigeria mental health law: Challenges and implications for mental health services0
Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic0
The SASOP/PsychMg guidelines for psychiatric independent medical examinations0
Community mental health literacy in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study0
Characteristics of inpatients in dialectical behaviour therapy modified for a resource-limited setting0
Attitudes of primary healthcare nurses towards people living with mental illness in Botswana0
Depression and quality of life among pregnant women in first and third trimesters in Abeokuta: A comparative study0
Depressive symptoms and quality of life prior to metabolic surgery in Cape Town, South Africa0
Profile of suicide within the northern part of Ghana: A decade under review0
Scheduling of methylphenidate: Preventing misuse or impeding ADHD treatment adherence?0
Access and use of digital technology by patients with psychosis at a hospital in South Africa0
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa0
Cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation amongst adolescent psychiatric patients at Lentegeur Hospital, South Africa0
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and social skills training in management of conduct disorder0
Acknowledgement to reviewers0
Food insecurity in women with mental illnesses attending a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal0
Changes in schizophrenia symptoms, tryptophan metabolism, neuroinflammation and the GABA-glutamate loop: A pilot study0
Depression, anxiety and coping mechanisms among mental healthcare practitioners during COVID-190
Cannabis use among hospitalised adolescents before and after decriminalisation in South Africa0
South Africa’s Psychiatric training capacity in 2008 and in 2018. Has training capacity improved?0
Nurses’ practice of metabolic monitoring for patients on antipsychotics in Lesotho0
An initiative to reduce psychiatric boarding in a Cape Town emergency department0
A call for SASOP to review their position on the care of ‘transgender and non-binary youth’0
Factors associated with longer hospital admission in elderly patients with major neurocognitive disorder0
Developing a healthcare worker psychological preparedness support programme for the COVID-19 outbreak0
Costs of adult functional neurological disorders at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa0
Assessing sleep using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) among comorbid HIV and psychiatric outpatients0
Psychiatric morbidity amongst adolescents in a Nigerian juvenile correctional facility0
Acknowledgement to reviewers0
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