Department of Psychiatry
Current Registrars in Psychiatry
Chief Registrar - Michelle Bowers
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Prediction and Prevention of PTSD in COVID high care patients.
Petrus Steyn
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy modified for a resource-limited setting in Cape Town, South Africa: a descriptive study.
Abongile Makuluma
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Adolescence risky sexual behaviours.
Khin Kyaw
Stikland Hospital
Research project: The Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Psychogeriatric Patients in a Private Practise in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town.
Creeshen Muddapah
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: To evaluate whether using the CIWA-Ar (Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale, Revised) withdrawal rating scale during alcohol withdrawal at an inpatient alcohol rehabilitation unit reduces benzodiazepine use and improves withdrawal outcomes.
Akeem Adedolapo
Lentegeur Hospital
Research project: Xenophobic Experiences and Mental Health Impact in African International Students at Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Danell Coetzee
Lentegeur Hospital
Research project: Long-term outcomes of an assertive community treatment (ACT) intervention: a 10-year follow-up.
Sbongile Ncetani-Mpongwna
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Experiences of Black African mothers providing continuous Kangaroo Mother Care in a tertiary hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Zulfa Ryklief
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Rates of and factors associated with atopy and allergies in PTSD patients as compared to trauma-exposed controls.
Suresh Shwetha
Lentegeur Hospital
Research project: Caregiver mental health status at a tertiary Atopic Dermatitis clinic.
Pamela Zungu
Stikland Hospital
Research project: Qualitative multiple case study of the narratives of women presenting during pregnancy, peripartum or following termination of pregnancy with deliberate self-harm attempts at a public urban hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
Elton Fayiah Gbollie
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Physician attitudes and beliefs around the use of digital safety planning apps to prevent suicide.
Lauren Hendricks
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Problematic internet usage in children (7-18 years) who attend the Tygerberg Hospital Child and Adolescent Outpatient Unit.
Katharine Kirykowicz
Stikland Hospital
Research project: The feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of a self-management app on the mental health of clinicians working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gondah Lekpeh
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations in patients admitted at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town from March 2020 to February 2021.
Catherine Farmer
Stikland Hospital
Research project: Patterns of medication use during pregnancy.
Kirsten Rowe
Stikland Hospital
Research project: Exploring the relationship between nutrients known to affect cognition and executive function in adults with PTSD
Matema Thosago
Tygerberg Hospital
Research project: Examining the contribution of antipsychotic medication to the prevalence and clinical characteristics of adults with chronic dystonia presenting to a Botulinum Toxin Clinic in a tertiary state facility in Cape Town, South Africa
Adyan King
Stikland Hospital
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Portia Mtyapi-Nyaka
Stikland Hospital
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Angus Byers
Lentegeur Hospital
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Pin-An Chen
Tygerberg Hospital
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Frieda M Kalenga
Tygerberg Hospital
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Jessica Kew
Stikland Hospital
Research project: Hair Progesterone as A Biomarker of Anxiety & Sleep Quality in South African Mixed-Ancestry Females.
Anmari van Dyk
Tygerberg Hospital
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Elle Visser
Stikland Hospital
Research project: Cognitive deficits in PWH with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Carine Gagiano
Stikland Hospital
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Menasia Patterson
Tygerberg Hospital
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