South African Journal of Psychiatry

Article	Citations
Mental health and well-being of university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 levels 4 and 5 lockdown in an Eastern Cape university, South Africa	14
The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression: A cross-sectional survey with university students in Botswana	10
The experiences and perceptions of mental health service provision at a primary health centre in the Eastern Cape	8
Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress amongst healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey	7
Pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms and associated factors amongst pregnant women attending a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria	7
Mental illness attitudes and knowledge in non-specialist medical doctors working in state and private sectors	6
Alcohol and drug use as factors for high-school learners’ absenteeism in the Western Cape	5
COVID-19 consequences on mental health: An African perspective	5
Feasibility and acceptability of a mental health stigma intervention for low-income South African caregivers: A qualitative investigation	5
Experience of violence, coping and support for nurses working in acute psychiatric wards	5
Mental illness and HIV amongst female inmates in Durban, South Africa	5
Promotive factors associated with internalising symptoms amongst college students during the COVID-19 lockdown in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria	5
Cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation amongst adolescent psychiatric patients at Lentegeur Hospital, South Africa	4
Job satisfaction, personality traits, and its impact on motivation among mental health workers	4
The spectrum of functional neurological disorders: A retrospective analysis at a tertiary hospital in South Africa	4
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder stigma: The silent barrier to care	4
From ideation to attempt: A study of suicidality and its correlates amongst patients with schizophrenia in a resource-poor country	4
Mental health distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Need for psychological intervention	3
Profile of suicide within the northern part of Ghana: A decade under review	3
Exploring burnout among psychiatric trainees at a South African university	3
The profile of suspected criminal offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation on an outpatient basis at Ngwelezana Hospital	3
Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout in medical students at the University of Namibia	3
The magnitude and determinants of depressive symptoms amongst women in early pregnancy in Southern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study	3
Prevalence and correlates of sexual dysfunction among patients with mental disorders in a tertiary hospital in Southwest Nigeria	3
Characteristics of persons accused of intimate partner homicide amongst forensic psychiatric observations	3

Coulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features	3
Psychiatric morbidity amongst adolescents in a Nigerian juvenile correctional facility	3
Tobacco use and associated mental symptoms and health risk behaviours amongst individuals 15 years or older in South Africa	3
Are female bipolar patients of reproductive age aware of the teratogenic risk of sodium valproate? A qualitative study	3
Becoming a Xhosa traditional healer: The calling, illness, conflict and belonging	3
Impulsivity and psychiatric comorbidity as risk factors for suicide attempts in borderline personality disorder	2
COVID-19 infection at a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Clinical service planning and challenges	2
Mental health education for physiotherapists: A scoping review	2
Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the first psychiatric intensive care unit in Egypt	2
Caregiver burden among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder	2
The prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary clinic in Gaborone, Botswana	2
Double burden of malnutrition amongst patients with first-episode schizophrenia in a psychiatric hospital: A 1-year follow-up study	2
Differences in alcohol and cannabis use amongst substance use disorder patients with and without comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	2
Prehospital care providers’ understanding of responsibilities during a behavioural emergency	2
Theoretical understanding of contextual motivations for sustained adolescent marijuana use in South Africa	2
Trauma survivors’ perceptions and experiences of prolonged exposure for PTSD at a psychology clinic	2
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder symptoms in a paediatric neurology clinic at a tertiary hospital in Uganda	2
Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews	2
Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use amongst South African adults with mental illness in the Eastern Cape	2
Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa	2
HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care in patients with psychosis in South Africa	2
Preparedness of final year medical students in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients with mental illness	2
Trends and patterns of suicidal behaviour in Nigeria: Mixed-methods analysis of media reports from 2016 to 2019	2
Case study: New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms following switching to a dolutegravir regimen	2
Quality of individual and group level interventions for first-episode psychosis at the tertiary psychiatric hospital in Uganda	2
Prevalence and determinants of burnout among South African doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Study of burnout and depressive symptoms in doctors at a central level, state hospital	2
Systematic review on the prevalence of perinatal depression in Malawi	2
The role of Mental Health Care Act status in dignity-related complaints by psychiatric inpatients: A cross-sectional analytical study	2
Factors associated with dropout at 2 years post-initiation of treatment in the first episode of schizophrenia	2
Depression and quality of life among pregnant women in first and third trimesters in Abeokuta: A comparative study	1
An assessment of voting knowledge and related decisions amongst hospitalised mental healthcare users in South Africa	1
Evaluating the efficacy of an online depression screening tool in South Africa: A pilot study	1
Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa	1
Early deviant behaviour as a dimension trait and endophenotype in schizophrenia	1
Developing a healthcare worker psychological preparedness support programme for the COVID-19 outbreak	1
Ten game-changers in mental health for South Africa	1
Motives for deliberate self-harm in a South African tertiary hospital	1
The profile of offenders accused of rape referred to the Observation Ward of the Free State Psychiatric Complex, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2011–2015	1
Working memory and set-shifting in school-aged children classified as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder	1
History of postgraduate psychiatry education and training in Nigeria	1
Erratum: Extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode schizophrenia treated with flupenthixol decanoate	1
Assessing HIV transmission knowledge in psychiatric patients in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
Tobacco use and associated mental symptoms and health risk behaviours amongst individuals 15 years or older in South Africa	1
Burnout in emergency department staff: The prevalence and barriers to intervention	1
Experiences of family members of relatives admitted as state patients in a psychiatric hospital	1
Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: Length of stay and associated factors	1
Developing and testing a South African Brief Cognitive Score in literate and illiterate people of mixed language groups	1
Alcohol use in Tanzanians with chronic psychotic disorders and poor medication adherence	1
Knowledge, confidence, and practices of clinical associates in the management of mental illness	1

Common mental disorders amongst frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	1
The experiences of clinical psychologists in treating traumatic stress at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape: A qualitative study	1
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a patient with Cushing’s syndrome	1
An online mindfulness intervention for medical students in South Africa: A randomised controlled trial	1
HIV associated psychiatric comorbidity among attendees at a tertiary hospital, North-Eastern Nigeria	1
Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among a national population-based sample of adults in Zambia	1
Psychometric properties of Drug Attitude Inventory among patients with schizophrenia	1
Patients’ voices from music therapy at a South African psychiatric hospital	1
Characteristics of inpatients in dialectical behaviour therapy modified for a resource-limited setting	1
Identifying a probable suicide cluster in an acute care psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	1
Community mental health literacy in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study	1
Descriptive outcomes for a cohort of high-frequency psychiatric service users in the Western Cape, South Africa after 10 years	1
HIV knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst patients with severe mental illnesses and chronic medical illnesses in Durban, South Africa	1
Routine investigations for patients with mental and behavioural disturbances	1
The perceptions of adult psychiatric inpatients with major depressive disorder towards occupational therapy activity-based groups	1
My sibling’s mental illness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of having an adult sibling with a mental illness in semi-rural South Africa	1
Correlates and cascade of HIV care in patients with psychiatric disorders in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	1
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with ketamine induction for catatonia in an HIV positive patient	1
Adolescent psychiatric outpatients and their caregivers: Comparing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire	1
Medicines used in mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Gauteng, South Africa: A secondary analysis of the 2017–2018 provincial pharmaceutical database, Part 1	1
Clozapine use at a specialised psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg	1
How can a 6-week training course shape mental healthcare professionals’ understanding of mindfulness? Experiences at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital	1
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and social skills training in management of conduct disorder	1
Prevalence of cannabis use in people with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus with and without HIV infection: A South African study	1
State patients who committed violent crimes and were admitted to Weskoppies Hospital from 2005 to 2014: Profiles and trends	0
Social, forensic, and clinical correlates in female observandi referred for non-violent crimes	0
Mental health services in Gauteng, South Africa: A proxy evaluation using pharmaceutical data	0
Lithium-induced cognitive dysfunction assessed over 1-year hospitalisation: A case report	0
A review of recent treatments for adults living with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	0
Post-traumatic stress symptoms in mental healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak	0
The effects of inpatient suicide on nurses at Weskoppies Hospital: A qualitative study	0
Positive mental health of patients at a psychiatric hospital, Gauteng province, South Africa	0
Assessing the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in epileptic patients at a tertiary clinic	0
Attitudes of medical students regarding legalisation of cannabis and cannabis-education	0
Perceptions and experiences of patients attending an opioid substitution clinic in South Africa	0
Assessing the revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal for Alcohol Scale use at Stikland Hospital	0
Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use amongst South African adults with mental illness in the Eastern Cape	0
Psychosocial effects of gender-based violence among women in Vhembe district: A qualitative study	0
The prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression amongst essential workers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ekiti State, Nigeria	0
Quality of life and self-stigma of schizophrenia patient’s caregiver tool: Development and validation using classical test theory and Rasch analysis	0
Intimate partner violence, adverse childhood experiences and prenatal substance use in South Africa	0
Digit ratio as an endophenotype in a schizophrenia population	0
Prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Factors affecting readmission of adolescent mental healthcare users to a psychiatric hospital	0
Youth exposure to violence and victimization in a South African community sample	0
Extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode schizophrenia treated with flupenthixol decanoate	0
Ketamine for depressive symptoms: A retrospective chart review of a private ketamine clinic	0
Health effects of caregiving and coping with severe mental disorders: A caregivers’ experience	0
Psychiatric nurses advocating for the human rights of mental health care users in Gauteng	0
Depression, anxiety and coping mechanisms among mental healthcare practitioners during COVID-19	0
Depressive symptoms and quality of life prior to metabolic surgery in Cape Town, South Africa	0
Adolescent psychiatric outpatients and their caregivers: Comparing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire	0
Long-term benzodiazepine prescriptions in community psychiatry clinics	0
Antipsychotics-related hyperprolactinaemia among patients with schizophrenia in Maiduguri	0
Impact of completing a psychosocial rehabilitation programme on inpatient service utilisation in South Africa	0
Factors associated with long hospitalisation for psychotic disorder patients in an acute ward: Tertiary care hospital	0
Influence of first- and second-generation antipsychotics on anthropometric parameters of male psychiatric patients	0
Validation of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among senior students in Benin City, Nigeria	0
Family Psycho-Social Involvement Intervention for severe mental illness in Uganda	0
Exploring South African Indian men’s understanding of depression	0
Corrigendum: Do medical students feel career ready after their psychiatry clinical rotation?	0
Effects of personality traits on mindful self-care practices of healthcare workers	0
The valproate prescription pattern for female mental healthcare users of reproductive age	0
The gendered context of women charged with violent offences in the forensic psychiatric setting	0
A history of depression in patients attending a chronic pain management clinic in South Africa: A retrospective chart review	0
Provision of HIV services to psychiatric inpatients in Botswana: Challenges and recommendations	0
Systematic mapping on availability, extent and distribution of mental health research in Malawi	0
Clozapine monitoring at a specialised psychiatric hospital: A retrospective chart review	0
Digital psychiatry in Nigeria: A scoping review	0
Scheduling of methylphenidate: Preventing misuse or impeding ADHD treatment adherence?	0
Antipsychotics and chronic dystonia at a Botulinum Toxin clinic	0
End-of-life care in South Africa: Important legal developments	0
Introducing the ‘Lived Experience’ section of the South African Journal of Psychiatry	0
Nurses’ practice of metabolic monitoring for patients on antipsychotics in Lesotho	0
Retrospective review: Factors impacting length of stay in Bipolar Disorder at a tertiary hospital	0
State patients who committed violent crimes and were admitted to Weskoppies Hospital from 2005 to 2014: Profiles and trends	0
Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews	0
Lived experience narrative: My journey with schizophrenia	0
Development and validation of the Redeemer’s University Suicidality Scale	0

Table of Contents Vol 27 (2021)	0
Sleep quality of adult psychiatric outpatients at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital	0
Second victims of obstetric care – Support for healthcare professionals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	0
Evaluation of an undergraduate psychiatric clinical rotation: Exploring student perceptions	0
Acknowledgement to reviewers	0
Knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behaviour for mental illness in a Christian community	0
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Insights into underfunding in the private healthcare sector in South Africa	0
Substance use patterns in an adolescent psychiatric unit in Johannesburg, South Africa	0
Psychiatric morbidity in children involved in bullying treated at the Free State Psychiatric Complex	0
Review of Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry and Cognitive-Affective Science	0
Lived experiences of adolescents admitted for first-episode psychosis in South Africa	0
Psychosis screening questionnaire: Exploring its factor structure among South African adults	0
Autonomic response and attachment style in disruptive mood dysregulation disorder	0
Table of Contents Vol 29 (2023)	0
Neurocognitive improvement in HIV-positive patients treated with dolutegravir-based regimens	0
Evaluating counselling skills of community health workers for pregnant adolescents in Limpopo Province	0
Clinical profile of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder in Durban, South Africa	0
Nigeria mental health law: Challenges and implications for mental health services	0
Relationship between physical activity and behaviour challenges of adolescents in South Africa	0
Prior trauma experiences among state patients charged with murder: A retrospective records review	0
Table of Contents Vol 28 (2022)	0
The significance of sleep quality in euthymic bipolar patients from Nigeria	0
Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test validity in bipolar and psychotic disorders	0
The test-retest reliability of the Opiate Treatment Index in nyaope users in Johannesburg	0
Mental health status of doctors and nurses in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: A COVID-19 experience	0
A case of schizophrenia refuting mind-body dualism	0
Acknowledgement to reviewers	0
Views held by South African primary health care nurses on caring for people living with mental illness	0
Lived experience narrative: My bipolar odyssey	0
Correlates of high-dose antipsychotic prescription amongst outpatients with Schizophrenia in a Nigerian Hospital	0
Prioritising maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment research in Africa – A call for action amidst the backdrop of the COVID‑19 pandemic	0
Costs of adult functional neurological disorders at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa	0
Comparing the medication costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who use cannabis with those who do not	0
Childhood trauma, substance use and depressive symptoms in people with HIV during COVID-19	0
Table of Contents Vol 26 (2020)	0
Clinical use of neuro-imaging in psychiatric patients at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital	0
A culturally congruent approach to trauma symptoms detection in first-episode psychosis	0
COVID-19 experience of people with severe mental health conditions and families in South Africa	0
A population-based survey of autistic traits in Kenyan adolescents and young adults	0
Changes in patient-reported outcomes during admission to a South African psychiatric facility	0
Influence of first- and second-generation antipsychotics on anthropometric parameters of male psychiatric patients	0
Cannabis use among hospitalised adolescents before and after decriminalisation in South Africa	0
Suicidal behaviour among patients with congestive cardiac failure in a Nigerian teaching hospital	0
A description of COVID-19 related delusional content in admissions to an acute psychiatric unit	0
Qualitative study of mental health attribution, perceptions and care-seeking in Kampala, Uganda	0
An initiative to reduce psychiatric boarding in a Cape Town emergency department	0
Factors associated with patient readmission to a specialised psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape	0
South Africa’s Psychiatric training capacity in 2008 and in 2018. Has training capacity improved?	0
The effect of structured psychoeducation on caregiver burden in carers of patients with schizophrenia in Nigeria: A 12-week follow-up investigation	0
A call for communication, compassion and care	0
Lived experiences of adults’ non-compliance with psychiatric medication for depression	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
Acknowledgement to Reviewers	0
Neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations in hospitalised patients with COVID-19	0
The profile of adolescent patients presenting to a tertiary maternal mental health clinic	0
Illness-perception in adolescent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A qualitative study	0
Contraceptive use in women with mental illness in Soweto, South Africa	0
Menstrual psychosis – From myth to reality: A case report of periodic psychotic symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle	0
Access and use of digital technology by patients with psychosis at a hospital in South Africa	0
Descriptive study of mental health care users 12 months pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdown	0
Premorbid adjustment amongst outpatients with schizophrenia in a Nigerian psychiatric facility	0
Acknowledgement to reviewers	0
The prevalence of anxiety in pregnant women at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital	0
Demographic and mental health profile of youth in a gender service: An African case series	0
Demographic and clinical correlates of depression among older adults with arthritis in Nigeria	0
Predictors of burnout among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital	0
Prescribing patterns of long-acting injectable antipsychotics in a community setting in South Africa	0
South African mental healthcare providers’ views about exercise for people with mental illness	0
Associations of premorbid adjustment with type and timing of childhood trauma in first-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders	0
History of postgraduate psychiatry education and training in Nigeria	0
Adverse childhood experiences, mental illness, HIV and offending among female inmates in Durban, South Africa	0
Psychometric evaluation of personal evaluation of transitions in treatment amongst patients with schizophrenia	0
Factors associated with longer hospital admission in elderly patients with major neurocognitive disorder	0
Assessing attitudes of fourth year medical students towards psychiatry and mental illness	0
The SASOP/PsychMg guidelines for psychiatric independent medical examinations	0
Caregiver burden and its sociodemographic determinants in family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia attending a psychiatric tertiary hospital in South Africa	0
Predictors of mass psychogenic illness in a junior secondary school in rural Botswana: A case control study	0
A retrospective data analysis of psychiatric cases in Hargeisa, Somaliland between 2019 and 2020	0
Disability and premorbid adjustment in schizophrenia: A retrospective analysis	0
Readmission of adolescent psychiatric patients to a specialised unit in Gauteng, South Africa	0
Corrigendum: Dangers of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning in psychiatric patients	0
Assessing the clinical utility of the severity dependence scale for benzodiazepine use disorder	0
Authorship revisited: Bestowing undue credit on students	0