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Mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV: correlates of internalising and externalising symptoms
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Although declining in all other age groups, AIDS-related deaths among adolescents are increasing. In the context of HIV, mental health problems are associated with negative health outcomes, including non-adherence to ...
The value of occupational therapy intervention for the worker roles of forensic mental healthcare users in Cape Town, South Africa
(IOS Press, 2021)
BACKGROUND: There is a void in research that focuses on how OT programs facilitate self-esteem in forensic mental healthcare users' return-to-work in the open labor market, particularly in South Africa. OBJECTIVE: To explore ...
A model of emotional support for student nurses working in mental health settings in the Western Cape, South Africa : a methodological perspective
(UNISA Press, 2015)
The mental health care environment is a stressful environment, especially
among student nurses. The purpose of the study was to develop a model
of emotional support for student nurses working in the mental health ...
Mental health legislation: does it protect the rights of people with mental health problems?
(SU LIS, 2012)
The International Federation of Social Work places a concern with human rights and social justice at the core of its definition of social work. Social work values are based on “respect for the equality, dignity and worth ...
Suicide mortality in NSW: clients of mental health services.
(CSIRO, 1995)
This article examines suicide by clients of mental health services in NSW. Since April1992 the Mental Health Branch of the NSW Health Department has operated an incident monitoring system which requires all public mental ...
Suicide attempts in NSW: associated mortality and morbidity.
(CSIRO, 1996)
This article is the fifth in a series on suicide in New South Wales by the Mental Health Epidemiology Group. Its aim is to provide a quantitative account of suicide attempts and the associated mortality and morbidity in ...
Suicide mortality in NSW: an introduction to clinical audits.
(CSIRO, 1996)
This article is an introduction to the use of clinical audit to identify possible
preventive approaches to suicide. We examine the ethical issues, techniques and feasibility of this method for collecting information on ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...