South African clinical psychology practice: The challenge of local contextual change.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maura Lappeman ◽  
Esona-sethu Ndwandwa ◽  
Xanthe Hunt ◽  
Lieketseng Ned ◽  
Leslie Swartz
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Contextual Change

South African Clinical Psychology, Employment (In)Equity and the “Brain Drain”

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony L. Pillay ◽  
Anne L. Kramers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Brain Drain ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Psychology Training ◽  
Clinical Psychology Training ◽  
The Brain

The current study investigated race, gender and the “brain drain” in the Midlands Hospital (Pietermaritzburg) intern clinical psychology training programme. During the 20-year period between 1981 and 2000 a total of 128 interns were accepted into the programme. Almost three-quarters of the interns were White, and the majority of the sample was unskilled in the predominant language spoken in the region. Approximately 60% of the interns trained were female. No significant increase in the intake of Black interns was observed during the post-apartheid period (i.e.1994 to 2000). However, a significant increase in female interns was noted during that period. At the time of writing this article, almost one-quarter of the interns were working outside South Africa, the majority in Europe. Considering the findings, it is imperative that the profession re-examines its goals in post-apartheid South Africa, and makes concerted efforts to develop the mechanism to attain these. In addition, the profession and government need to take very seriously the “brain drain” problem and jointly develop acceptable ways of alleviating it.

Some Comments on the Draft Ethical Code for South African Clinical Psychologists

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Swartz
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Clinical Psychologists ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Ethical Code ◽  
Clinical Psychologist ◽  
The Public ◽  
Liberal Ideology

This article responds to the challenge implicit in the words ‘provisional draft’ appended to the title of the Ethical principles of Clinical Psychologists proposed for the SAICP by Steere and Wassenaar. An ethical code should be understood not only as a device for protecting and aiding the public but also as a way in which clinical psychology defines itself as a profession. It may even be the case that this second aspect of the code is the more powerful. The code rests on three assumptions: those of universalism, voluntarism and individualism, all of which can be viewed as relating to an underlying liberal ideology. The position of the clinical psychologist who does not accept this ideology is raised. Formalizing the code into anything more than a ‘provisional draft’ may obscure the historic specificity of the code and the particular views and interests it serves.

Self-sacrifice for in-group's history: A diachronic perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Babińska ◽  
Michal Bilewicz
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Emotional Events ◽  
Reciprocal Process ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe problem of extended fusion and identification can be approached from a diachronic perspective. Based on our own research, as well as findings from the fields of social, political, and clinical psychology, we argue that the way contemporary emotional events shape local fusion is similar to the way in which historical experiences shape extended fusion. We propose a reciprocal process in which historical events shape contemporary identities, whereas contemporary identities shape interpretations of past traumas.

The Three-dimensional structure of frozen-hydrated nudaurelia capensis β virus

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 650-651
Author(s):  
N. H. Olson ◽  
T. S. Baker ◽  
Wu Bo Mu ◽  
J. E. Johnson ◽  
D. A. Hendry
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Carbon Film ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Electron Dose ◽  
Total Electron ◽  
Three Dimensional Structure ◽  
Negative Stain ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction

Nudaurelia capensis β virus (NβV) is an RNA virus of the South African Pine Emperor moth, Nudaurelia cytherea capensis (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The NβV capsid is a T = 4 icosahedron that contains 60T = 240 subunits of the coat protein (Mr = 61,000). A three-dimensional reconstruction of the NβV capsid was previously computed from visions embedded in negative stain suspended over holes in a carbon film. We have re-examined the three-dimensional structure of NβV, using cryo-microscopy to examine the native, unstained structure of the virion and to provide a initial phasing model for high-resolution x-ray crystallographic studiesNβV was purified and prepared for cryo-microscopy as described. Micrographs were recorded ∼1 - 2 μm underfocus at a magnification of 49,000X with a total electron dose of about 1800 e-/nm2.

Introduction to Clinical Psychology

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey P. Kramer ◽  
Douglas A. Bernstein ◽  
Vicky Phares
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Psychology
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