The politics of black patients' identity: Ward-rounds on the ?black side? of a South African psychiatric hospital

1991 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Swartz
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
Ward Rounds ◽  
Black Side

scholarly journals The accuracy of interpreting key psychiatric terms by ad hoc interpreters at a South African psychiatric hospital

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Hagan ◽  
L Swartz ◽  
S Kilian ◽  
B Chiliza ◽  
P Bisogno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Ad Hoc

scholarly journals Illicit drug use and violence in acute psychosis among acute adult admissions at a South African psychiatric hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wicomb ◽  
Lyndall Jacobs ◽  
Naasika Ebrahim ◽  
Megan Rensburg ◽  
Muiruri Macharia
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
South African ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Acute Psychosis

Depression in Schizophrenia: A Study of Prevalence and Treatment

1986 ◽  
Vol 149 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Elk ◽  
B. J. Dickman ◽  
A. F. Teggin
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
Treatment Of Depression

In an investigation of white, coloured, and black patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the prevalence and treatment of depression in schizophrenia was assessed and found to be 30% in group of acute, nuclear schizophrenics. While the prevalence was similar in the three groups, depression was clinically under-detected in black patients.

scholarly journals Skin cancer awareness and sunscreen use among outpatients of a South African hospital: need for vigorous public education

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
N. C. Dlova ◽  
R. Gathers ◽  
J. Tsoka-Gwegweni ◽  
R. J. Hift
Keyword(s):  
Skin Cancer ◽  
South African ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Cancer Awareness ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Melanoma Incidence ◽  
Skin Cancers ◽  
Black Patients

Background: Melanoma incidence among white South Africans is increasing. Among black individuals, melanoma is associated with advanced stage at presentation and significant mortality.Objectives: A study was undertaken to assess the perception of skin cancer risk, knowledge of skin cancer, and understanding of the importance and use of sunscreens among South Africans.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in general outpatients over four months at a large central hospital in Durban, South Africa.Results: Only half the white respondents reported regular use of a sunscreen. Among black and Indian respondents, the number was substantially lower. Less than 20% of white respondents had ever checked their skin for suspicious moles. Most black patients were not aware that they are at risk of skin cancer, and only 10% were aware of the risk of developing skin cancers on acral sites and nails.Conclusions: There is a worrying lack of knowledge about skin cancer and sun protection behaviours among all South Africans. Given the increase in melanoma incidence and racial disparities in survival rates, it is imperative to target each population with effective, culturally sensitive educational programmes.

scholarly journals The ‘revolving door’: a profile of acute admissions at a South African psychiatric hospital

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 66-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahir Vally ◽  
Nasera Cader
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Revolving Door ◽  
Psychiatric Facility ◽  
Admission Rates ◽  
Acute Admissions

This paper reports admission rates within the acute service at a major South African tertiary psychiatric facility, Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital (LPH) in Cape Town.

The potential consequences of informal interpreting practices for assessment of patients in a South African psychiatric hospital

2014 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Kilian ◽  
Leslie Swartz ◽  
Tessa Dowling ◽  
Mawande Dlali ◽  
Bonginkosi Chiliza
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital

Isoniazid phenotyping of black as well as white patients

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 760-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Hodgkin ◽  
L. Eidus ◽  
W. C. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Test Dose ◽  
Fast Inactivation ◽  
Oral Test ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
White Patients

The isoniazid phenotyping in black patients from Birmingham (Alabama) as well as from South Africa yielded a higher frequency of fast inactivation than that in the Canadian and U.S. white participants. Following an oral test dose of 10 mg isoniazid per kilogram, the incidence of fast acetylation was 58.7 and 60.3% in South African and Birmingham blacks, respectively. In the Canadian and Birmingham Caucasians the rate was 41.9 and 41.0%, respectively.

The Rheumatoid Wrist in Black South African Patients

2003 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 373-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. J. MARITZ ◽  
A. J. GERBER ◽  
S. J. GREYLING ◽  
B. B. SANDA
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Joint Involvement ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Surgical Decision ◽  
Larsen Score ◽  
Black South African ◽  
Rheumatoid Wrist ◽  
Black Patients ◽  
African Patients ◽  
The Right

The wrist and hand X-rays of 75 black patients with rheumatoid arthritis were scored according to the Larsen criteria. The mean Larsen score for left hands was 9.6 (range 0–100) and for the right hands was 10:3 (range 0–100), whereas the score for the wrists were 2.5 (range 0–5) for the left and 2.7 (range 0–5) for the right. Our conclusion is that rheumatoid wrist involvement in black patients was more or less the same as reported in other series, but finger joint involvement was considerably less. This finding must influence surgical decision-making and also the interpretation of results of drug trials, whenever black patients are involved.

Competence of Interpreters in a South African Psychiatric Hospital in Translating Key Psychiatric Terms

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Kilian ◽  
Leslie Swartz ◽  
John Joska
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Psychiatric Hospital
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