Search Results - "Grobler, Christoffel"

Prioritizing the Mental Health and Well-Being of Healthcare Workers: An Urgent Global Public Health Priority by Søvold, Lene E., Naslund, John A., Kousoulis, Antonis A., Saxena, Shekhar, Qoronfleh, M. Walid, Grobler, Christoffel, Münter, Lars

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on health systems in most countries, and in particular, on the mental health and well-being of health…”
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Mental health task-sharing in South Africa - a role for clinical associates? by Moodley, Saiendhra Vasudevan, Wolvaardt, Jacqueline, Grobler, Christoffel

“…South Africa (SA) lacks the specialised workforce needed to provide mental health services particularly in the public sector and in rural areas. Mid-level…”
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Developing mental health curricula and a service provision model for clinical associates in South Africa: a Delphi survey of family physicians and psychiatrists by Moodley, Saiendhra Vasudevan, Wolvaardt, Jacqueline, Grobler, Christoffel

“…Clinical associates are a health professional cadre that could be utilised in mental health task sharing in South Africa but this is training dependent. The…”
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Enabling mental health task-sharing: a collective case study of undergraduate clinical associate training programmes in South Africa by Moodley, Saiendhra Vasudevan, Wolvaardt, Jacqueline, Grobler, Christoffel

“…Abstract Background There is a shortage of the human resources needed to deliver mental health services which is likely to be exacerbated by COVID-19. Due to…”
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Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews by Moodley, Saiendhra V., Wolvaardt, Jacqueline, Grobler, Christoffel

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Mental illness attitudes, service provision interest and further training preferences of clinical associates by Moodley, Saiendhra V, Wolvaardt, Jacqueline, Grobler, Christoffel

“… Non-specialist health professionals are required to provide mental health services given the burden of disease due to mental illness. The study aimed to…”
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Knowledge, confidence, and practices of clinical associates in the management of mental illness by Moodley, Saiendhra V, Wolvaardt, Jacqueline, Grobler, Christoffel

“…Abstract only…”
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The SASOP/PsychMg guidelines for psychiatric independent medical examinations by Schoeman, Renata, Miric, Antoinette L, Talatala, Mvuyiso, Grobler, Christoffel

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Identifying a probable suicide cluster in an acute care psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Jacobs, Ruwayda, Grobler, Christoffel, Strumpher, Johanita

“…Background Two young male patients who were diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis committed suicide in a psychiatric hospital in South Africa within a month of…”
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The Life Esidimeni disaster by Grobler, Christoffel

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Social media in the healthcare context : ethical challenges and recommendations by Dhai, A., Grobler, C.

“…The popularity of social media has grown rapidly and healthcare practitioners and students commonly use sites such as Facebook. The ethical and professional…”
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Validation of a brief screener for broad-spectrum mental and substance-use disorders in South Africa by Stockton, Melissa Ann, Mazinyo, Ernesha Webb, Mlanjeni, Lungelwa, Nogemane, Kwanda, Ngcelwane, Nondumiso, Sweetland, Annika C., Basaraba, Cale Neil, Bezuidenhout, Charl, Sansbury, Griffin, Lovero, Kathryn L., Olivier, David, Grobler, Christoffel, Wall, Melanie M., Medina-Marino, Andrew, Nobatyi, Phumza, Wainberg, Milton L.

“…In low-resource settings, valid mental health screening tools for non-specialists can be used to identify patients with psychiatric disorders in need of…”
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Perspectives of healthcare professionals of the neuropsychiatric side effects associated with efavirenz and its management by Gaida, Razia, Grobler, Christoffel, Truter, Ilse

“…Background: Efavirenz is associated with neuropsychiatric side effects. The consequences of using efavirenz in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive…”
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Incidence of neuropsychiatric side effects of efavirenz in HIV-positive treatment-naïve patients in public-sector clinics in the Eastern Cape by Gaida, Razia, Truter, Ilse, Grobler, Christoffel

“…It is acknowledged that almost half of patients initiated on efavirenz will experience at least one neuropsychiatric side effect. The aim was to determine the…”
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Efavirenz: A review of the epidemiology, severity and management of neuropsychiatric side-effects by Gaida, Razia, Truter, Ilse, Grobler, Christoffel

“…South Africa has the highest proportion of HIV-positive people in the world. HIV cannot be cured; however, there are several major classes of drugs used in its…”
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Overcrowding as a possible risk factor for inpatient suicide in a South African psychiatric hospital by Grobler, Christoffel, Strumpher, Johanita, Jacobs, Ruwayda

“…About 4% of all suicides are estimated to occur while being an inpatient in a psychiatric facility. Staff generally assume that an inpatient suicide reflects a…”
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Unipolar mania: a necessary diagnostic concept by Angst, Jules, Grobler, Christoffel

“…In the classification of mood disorders, major depressive disorder is separate from bipolar disorders whereas mania is not. Studies on pure mania are therefore…”
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Self-reported knowledge and confidence of clinical associates in South Africa in providing mental health services by Moodley, Saiendhra, Wolvaardt, Jacqueline, Grobler, Christoffel

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Mechanics of compression in talc considering sample quality by Okewale, Ismail Adeniyi, Grobler, Christoffel Hendrik

“…Despite numerous applications and occurrences of talc, investigation into its mechanics particularly compression behaviour is limited. This paper presents the…”
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Validation of screening instruments for common mental disorders and suicide risk in south African primary care settings by Stockton, Melissa A., Mazinyo, Ernesha Webb, Mlanjeni, Lungelwa, Sweetland, Annika C., Scharf, Jodi Y., Nogemane, Kwanda, Ngcelwane, Nondumiso, Basaraba, Cale, Bezuidenhout, Charl, Sansbury, Griffin, Olivier, David, Grobler, Christoffel, Wall, Melanie M., Medina-Marino, Andrew, Nobatyi, Phumza, Wainberg, Milton L.

“…In South Africa, there is limited mental health infrastructure and resources. Valid screening tools are needed to facilitate identification and linkage to…”
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