Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Subject "Mental health"
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Acceptability and feasibility of a screening protocol for antenatal depression (SPADe) in Blantyre District, Malawi
(BMC, 2022)Depression is one of the most common perinatal mental health problems that afect pregnant women. Antenatal depression can adversely afect the well-being of the pregnant woman and her foetus. Depression is rarely detected ... -
Adaptation of the Texas Christian University organisational readiness for change short form (TCU-ORC-SF) for use in primary health facilities in South Africa
(BMJ publishing group, 2022)Objectives The Texas Christian University Organisational Readiness for Change Scale (TCU-ORC) assesses factors influencing adoption of evidence-based practices. It has not been validated in low-income and middle-inc ... -
Adolescent mental wellness: A systematic review protocol of instruments measuring general mental health and well-being
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)Introduction The promotion of mental health well-being among global adolescent populations is of great public health and social significance. This is particularly true for adolescents living with chronic illnesses as studies ... -
Application of Lazarus's cognitive transactional model of stress-appraisal-coping in an undergraduate mental health nursing programme in the Western Cape, South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)This article describes how the cognitive transactional model of stress-appraisal-coping can be applied in the sense making process for students working in the challenging mental health care environment. Primary and secondary ... -
Asking the experts: Using cognitive interview techniques to explore the face validity of the mental wellness measure for adolescents living with HIV
(MDPI, 2023)There has been an increased focus on the mental health of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV), because evidence shows that poor mental health outcomes are associated with lower rates of adherence and retention in HIV care. ... -
Associations between potential traumatic experience and mental health in adolescent refugee populations: A scoping review
(Springer, 2022)This scoping review examines known associations between potential traumatic experiences and mental health outcomes among adolescent refugees. Little is known about the type and severity of traumatic experiences among ... -
Barriers to community mental health users’ access to information needed to deal with mental health problems, Western Cape, South Africa
(African Association for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 2015)The most important advancement in the healthcare industry in the 21st century is the application of information technology (IT) in health care. While integrated IT is critical in transforming mental health care, IT ... -
Championing mental health at work: Emerging practice from innovative projects in the UK
(Oxford University Press, 2014)This paper examines the value of participatory approaches within interventions aimed at promoting mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. Specifically the paper explores data from the thematic evaluation of the ... -
Clinical psychology training in South Africa: a call to action
(Sage Publications, 2013)With the profession of clinical psychology and its formal training programmes less than 40 years old in South Africa, it is important that efforts are made to critically examine its challenges and the extent to which it ... -
Collaboration entre médecins généralistes et psychologues en libéral
(Elsevier, 2021)Psychologists and general practitioners (GPs) are the stakeholders most consulted by patients with psychological difficulties. They each have their own professional identity, their own working framework, references, and ... -
Coping With the Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among South African Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis
(Researchgate, 2021-05)Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) continues to be a serious problem worldwide. South Africa has a high prevalence of women experiencing IPV. Although much research reports on the prevalence rates, risk factors, ... -
Deriving meaning from chaos: the mediating role of the sense of coherence in the serial relationships among fear of Covid-19, indices of psychological distress, and life satisfaction
(MDPI, 2022)The current study focused on the role of the sense of coherence (SOC) in the serial relationships among the fear of COVID-19, indices of psychological distress, and life satisfaction. It examined the hypothesis that an ... -
Discourses of mental wellness among adolescents living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
(Dove Press, 2022)Adolescence is a unique period of development where individuals transition from childhood to adulthood, and where they are at heightened risk for developing mental health problems and engaging in risky behaviours. In ... -
District facility managers’ perspectives of mental health information processing and utilisation at primary care level in the Western Cape
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)District health facility managers play a significant role in provision of primary health care (PHC) services, particularly in integration of mental health services into the PHC level and developing a district health ... -
Environmental and nursing-staff factors contributing to aggressive and violent behaviour of patients in mental health facilities
(Aosis openJournals, 2014)BACKGROUND: Aggressive and violent behaviour of inpatients in mental health facilities disrupts the therapeutic alliance and hampers treatment. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to describe patients’ perceptions of ... -
Evidence of past and current collaborations between traditional health practitioners and biomedical health practitioners: A scoping review protocol
(BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, 2021)Healthcare seekers around the globe use more than one healthcare system, with most using the traditional and the Western approaches concurrently. To date, little collaboration between the two systems has taken place ... -
Experiences of community nurses in management of a district-based mental health information system in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Africa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 2014)The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of community nurses in the management of a mental health information system (MHIS). A purposive convenient sampling method was employed to select 23 community mental ... -
Facing your fear of Covid-19: Resilience as a protective factor against burnout in South African teachers
(Elsevier, 2022)Frontline workers have been distinctively impacted by the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers, as frontline employees in the educational system, had to contend with unprecedented changes to their work role, ... -
Fatherhood and high‑risk pregnancy: A scoping review
(Springer, 2023)The experience of expectant parenthood is commensurate of relative angst and nervousness albeit one of overall excitement and joy. However, when the pregnancy is regarded as high-risk, this experience changes dramatically for ... -
A looming mental health pandemic in the time of COVID-19? Role of fortitude in the interrelationship between loneliness, anxiety, and life satisfaction among young adults
(SAGE, 2021)This study investigates loneliness, anxiety, and life satisfaction among a sample of young adults in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the role of fortitude in the interrelationship between these ...