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A systematic review of online depression screening tools for use in the South African context	368	8	1	377
Drug use among youth and adults in a population-based survey in South Africa	72	220	1	293
Inpatient management of borderline personality disorder at Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg	234	53	5	292
Case study: A patient with severe delusions who self-mutilates	34	194	0	228
Rape victim assessment: Findings by psychiatrists and psychologists at Weskoppies Hospital	210	6	9	225
Forensic state patients at Sterkfontein Hospital: A 3-year follow-up study	193	9	3	205
Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among a national population-based sample of adults in Zambia	181	7	7	195
Sociotropic personality traits positively correlate with the severity of social anxiety	186	5	3	194
Socio-economic factors associated with mental health disorders in Fort Portal, western Uganda	138	9	6	153
Resilience and coping strategies of undergraduate medical students at the University of the Free State	123	14	6	143
Burnout and job satisfaction of nursing staff in a South African acute mental health setting	115	20	6	141
Becoming a Xhosa traditional healer: The calling, illness, conflict and belonging	107	21	8	136
Mental health and well-being of university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 levels 4 and 5 lockdown in an Eastern Cape university, South Africa	102	22	11	135
Schizophrenia in a member of the family: Burden, expressed emotion and addressing the needs of the whole family	100	22	2	124
Social and ethical implications of psychiatric classification for low- and middle-income countries	114	6	3	123
Lessons from the past: Historical perspectives of mental health in the Eastern Cape	104	10	6	120
Socio-ecological influences of adolescence marijuana use initiation: Qualitative evidence from two illicit marijuana-growing communities in South Africa	99	11	6	116
The experiences and perceptions of mental health service provision at a primary health centre in the Eastern Cape	89	21	2	112
Children and adolescents treated for post-traumatic stress disorder at the Free State Psychiatric Complex	98	13	0	111
COVID-19 consequences on mental health: An African perspective	90	13	0	103
The perceptions of adult psychiatric inpatients with major depressive disorder towards occupational therapy activity-based groups	81	8	9	98
Stress and coping mechanisms of officers of the South African Police Service based in Tzaneen, Limpopo province, South Africa	41	51	3	95
Professional quality of life amongst nurses in psychiatric observation units	76	14	5	95
Body dysmorphic disorder: A diagnostic challenge in adolescence	82	9	0	91
Pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms and associated factors amongst pregnant women attending a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria	73	5	11	89
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and social skills training in management of conduct disorder	73	9	2	84
Adolescent attachment, family functioning and depressive symptoms	73	8	2	83
The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression: A cross-sectional survey with university students in Botswana	74	0	8	82
Designing an educational programme in mental health for general practitioners in South Africa	74	6	0	80
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and behavioural planning deficiencies in South African primary school children	53	15	6	74
Double burden of malnutrition amongst patients with first-episode schizophrenia in a psychiatric hospital: A 1-year follow-up study	61	0	8	69
South African Society of Psychiatrists guidelines for the integration of spirituality in the approach to psychiatric practice	52	8	8	68
Childhood disintegrative disorder misdiagnosed as childhood-onset schizophrenia	61	4	2	67
Staff and bed distribution in public sector mental health services in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	55	4	8	67
Challenges experienced by South African families caring for state patients on leave of absence	51	11	5	67
Coulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features	61	3	2	66
The burden of untreated mental disorders in KwaZulu-Natal Province - mapping the treatment gap	56	9	0	65
Sensitivity and specificity of neuropsychological tests for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in a sample of residential elderly in South Africa	56	2	7	65
Sexual trauma and post-traumatic stress among African female refugees and migrants in South Africa	54	6	3	63
The spectrum of functional neurological disorders: A retrospective analysis at a tertiary hospital in South Africa	50	6	7	63
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder symptoms in a paediatric neurology clinic at a tertiary hospital in Uganda	47	8	7	62
Alcohol use in Tanzanians with chronic psychotic disorders and poor medication adherence	46	5	11	62
How can a 6-week training course shape mental healthcare professionals' understanding of mindfulness? Experiences at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital	45	5	11	61
Forensic psychiatric assessment process and outcome in state patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	46	12	1	59
A clinical profile of inpatient admissions to the psychogeriatric unit at Stikland Hospital	48	10	1	59
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in school-age children in Gaborone, Botswana: Comorbidity and risk factors	41	10	8	59
SASOP Congress 2014	47	11	0	58
The South African Society of Psychiatrists/Psychiatry Management Group management guidelines for adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	53	5	0	58
Frequency of suicide attempts and attitudes toward suicidal behaviour among doctors and nurses in Lagos, Nigeria	48	5	5	58
Current state of the literature on mental health in Liberia: A systematic review	46	5	6	57
Medicines used in mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Gauteng, South Africa: A secondary analysis of the 2017-2018 provincial pharmaceutical database, Part 1	33	17	7	57
Mental illness and HIV amongst female inmates in Durban, South Africa	36	18	2	56
Views of schizophrenia patients on the effects of cannabis on their mental health	46	5	3	54
Schizoaffective Disorder in an acute psychiatric unit: Profile of users and agreement with Operational Criteria (OPCRIT)	48	4	2	54
First-episode psychosis and substance use in Nelson Mandela Bay: Findings from an acute mental health unit	44	9	1	54
The care, treatment, rehabilitation and legal outcomes of referrals to a tertiary psychiatric hospital according to the Mental Health Care Act No. 17 of 2002	41	4	8	53
Prevalence and factors associated with postpartum depression at a primary healthcare facility in Eswatini	47	4	2	53
Trends and patterns of suicidal behaviour in Nigeria: Mixed-methods analysis of media reports from 2016 to 2019	42	4	7	53
Extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode schizophrenia treated with flupenthixol decanoate	44	0	9	53
Quality of individual and group level interventions for first-episode psychosis at the tertiary psychiatric hospital in Uganda	38	7	8	53
Factors associated with recidivism at a South African forensic psychiatric hospital	36	16	0	52
A decentralised model of psychiatric care: Profile, length of stay and outcome of mental healthcare users admitted to a district-level public hospital in the Western Cape	37	5	9	51
Perinatal suicidality: Risk factors in South African women with mental illness	39	7	5	51
Genital self-mutilation in a non-psychotic male to get rid of excessive sexual drive: A case report	42	2	6	50
Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the first psychiatric intensive care unit in Egypt	35	3	12	50
The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder among South African university students	43	4	2	49
A retrospective record review and assessment of cost of quetiapine use in a community psychiatric setting in the Sedibeng district of Gauteng	48	1	0	49
Prevalence and perception of drug use amongst secondary school students in two local government areas of Lagos State, Nigeria	37	7	5	49
Positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia as correlates of help-seeking behaviour and the duration of untreated psychosis in south-east Nigeria	33	7	8	48
Evaluation of the Beck Anxiety Inventory in predicting generalised anxiety disorder among individuals seeking HIV testing in the Western Cape province, South Africa	42	4	2	48
The prevalence and clinical correlates of substance use disorders in patients with psychotic disorders from an Upper-Middle-Income Country	36	6	6	48
Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy in a general national population in South Africa	40	6	1	47
Prevalence and clinical correlates of substance use amongst acute psychiatric inpatients in Gauteng, South Africa	38	4	5	47
Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists	36	8	2	46
How do family members perceive re-integration of male state patients into their families in South Africa? A qualitative analysis	34	7	5	46
Mental illness attitudes and knowledge in non-specialist medical doctors working in state and private sectors	32	10	4	46
Attitude and preferences towards oral and long-acting injectable antipsychotics in patients with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	32	8	5	45
Authorship revisited: Bestowing undue credit on students	31	14	0	45
Identifying a probable suicide cluster in an acute care psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	37	1	7	45
SASOP treatment guidelines for psychiatric disorders: Eminence or evidence based?	32	12	0	44
Clinical and demographic factors associated with sexual behaviour in children with autism spectrum disorders	41	2	1	44
Eating disorders and substance use at a South African tertiary hospital over a 21-year period	32	8	4	44
Tobacco use and associated mental symptoms and health risk behaviours amongst individuals 15 years or older in South Africa	36	0	8	44
Traumatic stress and psychological functioning in a South African adolescent community sample	26	16	1	43
A pilot study: Use of the Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Self-Report Scale in a South African patient population	38	5	0	43
A profile of adult acute admissions to Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital, South Africa	40	3	0	43
SSRI use in pregnancy: Evaluating the risks and benefits	34	5	3	42
Biological Psychiatry Congress 2015	36	6	0	42
Suicide risk of male State patients with antisocial personality traits	36	2	4	42
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with thymoma-associated and non-thymoma myasthenia gravis	36	3	2	41
Extent of alcohol use and mental health (depressive and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms) in undergraduate university students from 26 low-, middle- and high-income countries	34	4	3	41
A rapid appraisal of the status of mental health support in post-rape care services in the Western Cape	38	3	0	41
Community mental health services in Southern Gauteng: An audit using Gauteng District Health Information Systems data	36	5	0	41
Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Why should we pay attention?	37	2	2	41
Cultural formulation interview: Awareness and attitudes of South African psychiatrists and psychiatry registrars	25	11	5	41
Magnetic resonance imaging study of corpus callosum abnormalities in patients with different subtypes of schizophrenia	27	6	7	40
Prehospital care providers' understanding of responsibilities during a behavioural emergency	28	5	7	40
Factors associated with the successful completion of a substance rehabilitation programme at a psychiatric training hospital	28	8	3	39
Job satisfaction, personality traits, and its impact on motivation among mental health workers	32	4	3	39
Forensic mental health services: Current service provision and planning for a prison mental health service in the Eastern Cape	32	4	2	38

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