Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental health setting

Autor: Anthea Payne, Liezl Koen, Daniel J.H. Niehaus, Inge-Marli Smit

Publikováno v: South African Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 26, Iss 0, Pp e1-e6 (2020)

Background: Psychiatric nurses constitute a fundamental part of the mental health care system in South Africa. However, high levels of burnout and job dissatisfaction among nursing staff have been associated with reduced empathy and quality of care,

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Demographic and clinical profile of patients utilising a transitional care intervention in the Western Cape, South Africa

Autor: Karis Moxley, Liezl Koen, Henmar F Botha, Daniel J.H. Niehaus, Yanga Vava, Ulla Botha

Publikováno v: The South African Journal of Psychiatry : SAJP : the Journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa
South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol. 26 (2020)
South African Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 26, Iss 0, Pp e1-e7 (2020)
South African Journal of Psychiatry, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-7, Published: 2020

Background: The World Health Organization’s action plan for 2020 has identified the need for service-based data to motivate for more appropriate community-based services. To date, there is no published data from step-up or step-down facilities in S

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7479413

The rise of assertive community interventions in South Africa: a randomized control trial assessing the impact of a modified assertive intervention on readmission rates; a three year follow-up

Autor: Liezl Koen, Ushma Galal, Esme Jordaan, Ulla Botha, Daniel J.H. Niehaus

Publikováno v: BMC Psychiatry

Background Many countries have over the last few years incorporated mental health assertive interventions in an attempt to address the repercussions of deinstitutionalization. Recent publications have failed to duplicate the positive outcomes reporte

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13573

Combining ECT and clozapine in the treatment of clozapine-refractory schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder – a pilot study

Autor: C E van den Berg, L Koen, Daniel J.H. Niehaus

Publikováno v: South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 14, No 4 (2008)
South African Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 14, Iss 4 (2008)

Objective. Clozapine is the current gold standard treatment for severe treatment-refractory schizophrenia, but even so 40 - 70% of these patients will continue to experience disabling symptoms when treated with clozapine monotherapy. Current clinical

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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajpsyc/article/view/50417