English: International and national studies indicate that exposure to traumatic events, substance use and abuse are considered important psychosocial issues among adolescents. It is therefore critical to investigate the ...

English: South Africa is considered to be one of the countries with the highest crime rate in the world. It is disturbing to note that a large percentage of these crimes are perpetrated against children. A culture of ...

English: Psycho-oncology emerged as a formal discipline in the mid-1970s. Much progress has been made in both research and clinical practice, specifically in developed countries. Psycho-oncological research in developing ...

English: Self-harm by adolescents is manifesting as one of the contemporary global mental health problems as incident rates are increasing worldwide. This self-harming trend is increasingly becoming a concern to South ...

English: Alzheimer’s disease has a great impact on both the caregiver and his or her patient. This study describes Alzheimer’s disease and the impact thereof on the caregiver of a person with Dementia of the Alzheimer’s ...

English: This article reviews research literature on the occupational stress syndromes of burnout and compassion fatigue. Although burnout and compassion fatigue are two distinct syndromes, in human service occupations the ...

English: The current South African adolescent cohort grew up in a decade of sociopolitical transformation, a period which has been accompanied by inevitable and continuous instability in the economic, education and health ...

English: Adolescence is a dynamic life phase, universally accepted as a transitional period hallmarked by rapid physical development, as well as dramatic cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial changes. Moreover, South ...

English: Alzheimer’s disease has a great impact on both the patient and his/her caregiver. This study described Alzheimer’s disease, as well as the impact it has on the caregiver of the patient suffering from Dementia of ...

English: International and national studies indicate that substance use and abuse are considered important psychosocial issues among adolescents. It is therefore critical to investigate the risk and protection factors that ...