The effects of inpatient suicide on nurses at Weskoppies Hospital: A qualitative study

Autor: Nomthandazo Zola, Thandazile G. Mtetwa, Nadira Khamker

Publikováno v: South African Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 30, Iss 0, Pp e1-e6 (2024)

Background: Inpatient suicide is a serious adverse event in psychiatric wards. Suicide can cause severe trauma to both patients and health professionals, who may develop maladaptation with poor coping skills. Healthcare practitioners are the second v

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First episode schizophrenia

Autor: Nadira Khamker

Publikováno v: South African Family Practice, Vol 57, Iss 5 (2015)

Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric condition. Patients with schizophrenia present clinically with psychotic, negative and cognitive symptoms, which can become evident late in adolescence or in early adulthood. The peak age for presentation is 20

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Psychiatric and Other Contributing Factors in Homicide-Suicide Cases, from Northern Gauteng, South Africa Over a Six-Year Period

Autor: Gian Lippi, Carla Kotze, J. Louw Roos, Kalai Naidu, Nadira Khamker, Funeka Brenda Sokudela, J. Mosidi Pooe

Publikováno v: International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 17:35-44

Homicide committed by a person who subsequently commits suicide within one week of the homicide is a relatively rare event. The current study used an explanatory sequential design, including psycho...

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https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2017.1416004

A descriptive study of biological and psychosocial factors associated with body mass index for age, in adolescents attending an outpatient department at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital

Autor: Thea Corbett, Nadira Khamker, Kgomotso R. Ncube, Deborah van der Westhuizen

Publikováno v: South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 23 (2017)
South African Journal of Psychiatry, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-6, Published: 2017
South African Journal of Psychiatry, Vol 23, Iss 0 (2017)

Objective: To describe biological and psychosocial factors associated with body mass index (BMI) for age in adolescents attending an outpatient department at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital. Methods: A total of 50 adolescents participated in a conven

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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajpsyc/article/view/161387

Profile of mortality of patients admitted to Weskoppies psychiatric hospital in South Africa over a 5-year period (2001-2005)

Autor: Nadira Khamker, Moola, N. M., Roos, J. L., Rheeder, P.

Publikováno v: Scopus-Elsevier
African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 13, No 3 (2010)

Objective: Mortality in the psychiatric population, both from natural and unnatural causes, is higher than in the general population and this is despite an improvement in the delivery of care and treatment of mental illness in recent years. The study

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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957889699&partnerID=MN8TOARS