South African Journal of Psychiatry

Papers
(The TQCC of South African Journal of Psychiatry is 1. 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
Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress amongst healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey8
Prior trauma experiences among state patients charged with murder: A retrospective records review8
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
Descriptive study of mental health care users 12 months pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdown7
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
Attitudes of Christian leaders and congregants in South Africa towards mental illness and the mentally ill6
Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa5
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a patient with Cushing’s syndrome5
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
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
Clinical profile of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in Durban, South Africa4
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
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
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
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
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
Feasibility and acceptability of a mental health stigma intervention for low-income South African caregivers: A qualitative investigation1
The prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression amongst essential workers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ekiti State, Nigeria1
Antipsychotics and chronic dystonia at a Botulinum Toxin clinic1
Lived experience narrative: My journey with schizophrenia1
Lived experiences of adults’ non-compliance with psychiatric medication for depression1
Validation of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among senior students in Benin City, Nigeria1
Systematic mapping on availability, extent and distribution of mental health research in Malawi1
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
Patients’ voices from music therapy at a South African psychiatric hospital1
An uncommon variant of Alzheimer’s disease: Posterior cortical atrophy1
Factors associated with patient readmission to a specialised psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape1
Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout in medical students at the University of Namibia1
Prioritising maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment research in Africa – A call for action amidst the backdrop of the COVID‑19 pandemic1
Table of Contents Vol 28 (2022)1
Mortality rate in patients in a long-term psychiatric care facility in Johannesburg1
The valproate prescription pattern for female mental healthcare users of reproductive age1
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
Differences in alcohol and cannabis use amongst substance use disorder patients with and without comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder1
Working memory and set-shifting in school-aged children classified as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder1
Teaching transference focused psychotherapy to South African mental health practitioners1
Experiences of family members of relatives admitted as state patients in a psychiatric hospital1
Descriptive outcomes for a cohort of high-frequency psychiatric service users in the Western Cape, South Africa after 10 years1
Disability and premorbid adjustment in schizophrenia: A retrospective analysis1
COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa1
The significance of sleep quality in euthymic bipolar patients from Nigeria1
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
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