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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Research Fields and Staff
Addiction Psychiatry/Psychology
Substance use in psychosis (Henk Temmingh), Substance
use and anxiety disorders (Don Wilson); Interventions
(Katherine Sorsdahl)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology Adolescent
risk behaviour (Cathy Mathews), infant mental health
(Astrid Berg), evaluation of peer education interventions
among adolescents (Sandra de Jager, Kathryn Pahl),
partner violence prevention among adolescents (Chantel
LeFleur-Bellerose, Anik Gevers), autism and pervasive
development disorders (Petrus de Vries).
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychology Women’s
mental health, stress and pregnancy (Bavanisha
Vythilingum), liaison psychiatry and HIV (Jackie Hoare and
Kerry Louw)
Forensic Psychiatry/Psychology Mentally ill offenders and
femicide (Sean Kaliski and Tania Swart).
General Psychiatry / Psychiatricl Intensive Care Social
inclusion (Pete Milligan), bipolar disorder (Neil Horn),
phenomenology of psychosis ( (Henk Temmingh).
Intellectual Disability Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FASD) neurobehaviour and brain imaging (Colleen
Adnams) Psychotherapy Intimate partner violence (Adele
Marais)
Neuropsychiatry Neurocognitive disorders and
neuropsychiatry of HIV, brain imaging and HIV (John Joska;
Carla Freeman), ARV initiation and adherence (John Joska
and Kevin Stoloff)
Psychopharmacology Pharmacological MRI, Evidence-
based psychopharmacology (Dan Stein, Taryn Amos)
Public and Community Mental Health Mental health policy
and services (Crick Lund), Green psychiatry (John Parker)
Contact Details
Postal Address: UCT Department of Psychiatry and Mental
Health, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town,
7925
Tel: +27 21 404 2174 or +27 21 4066566
Fax: +27 21 448 8158
Web: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/psychiatry/
UCT General enquiries: +27 21 650 9111
UCT web: http://www.uct.ac.za
Research output
Authored books
Berg, A. 2012. Connecting with South Africa. Cultural
Communication & Understanding. USA: Texas A&M Univ,
Dept of English. ISBN 9781603444309.
Edited books
Ellis, G.F.R., Stein, D.J., Thomas, K. and Meintjes, E.M. (eds)
2012. Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa. 394 pp.
Cape Town: UCT press. ISBN 9781919895291.
Chapters in books
Adnams, C.M. 2012. Developmental consequences of
prenatal drug and alcohol exposure. In G.F.R. Ellis, D.J.
Stein, K. Thomas and E.M. Meintjes (eds), Substance Use
and Abuse in South Africa, pp. 55-69. Cape Town: UCT
Press. ISBN 9781919895291.
Dalvie, S. and Howells, F.M. 2012. Genetics and molecular
biology. In G.F.R. Ellis, D.J. Stein, K. Thomas and E.M.
Meintjes (eds), Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa,
pp. 95-127. Cape Town: UCT Press. ISBN 9781919895291.
Flisher, A.J. and Protogerou, C. 2012. Bullying in schools.
In A. van Niekerk, S. Suffla and M. Seedat (eds), Crime,
Violence and Injury in South Africa: 21st Century solutions
for Child safety, pp. 119-133. Houghton: Psychological
Society of South Africa. ISBN 9781920014865.
Flisher, A.J. and Lund, C.A. 2011. Resources for mental
health services in Africa: a situation analysis. In D.M. Ndetei
and C.P. Szabo (eds), Contemporary Psychiatry in Africa: A
Review of Theory, Practice and Research, pp. 1-24. Nairobi,
Kenya: Acrodile Publishing Limited. ISBN 9966724990.
Gevers, A. and Flisher, A.J. 2012. School-based youth
violence prevention interventions. In C. Ward, C. van der
Merwe and A. Dawes (eds), Youth Violence: Sources and
Solutions in South Africa, pp. 175-211. Cape Town: UCT
Press. ISBN 97819198 95871.
Hawkridge, S.M. 2012. Mental health services for children
and adolescents. In M. Kibel, H. Saloojee and T. Westwood
(eds), Child Health for All, pp. 257-263. 5
th
edition. Cape
Town: Oxford University Press Southern Africa. ISBN
9780199042357.
Joska, J. and Oosthuizen, P. 2011. Neuropsychiatry: a
discipline for a developing continent. In D.M. Ndetei
and C.P. Szabo (eds), Contemporary Psychiatry in Africa:
A Review of Theory, Practice and Research, pp. 337-