Department of Psychiatry
Staff
Psychiatrists - Tygerberg
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr Susan Hawkridge
MBBCh, FCPsych
Tel: 021 938 9174/4572
Fax: 021 938 9738
Email: smh@sun.ac.za
Dr Hawkridge is a registered child and adolescent psychiatrist and she is the head of child and adolescent psychiatry services at Tygerberg Hospital . She is also a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University and a visiting lecturer in the Departments of Psychology at Rhodes University. Her areas of interest include early onset psychotic disorders, paediatric psychopharmacology, paediatric neuropsychiatry, child and adolescent forensic psychiatry and community-based child psychotherapy. Her current service commitments include the integration of child and adolescent mental health care into primary health care services.
Dr Anusha Lachman
MBChB, DCH, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), Cert Child Psych, MPhil (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Tel: 021 938 9021/4573
Fax: 021 938 6111
Email: anusha@sun.ac.za
Dr Lachman is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and a consultant at the adolescent inpatient unit at Tygerberg Hospital. She is also the program convener for the MPhil in Infant Mental Health. Dr Lachman's research interests include: maternal and infant mental health, adolescent neuropsychiatry, and paediatric consultation liaison psychiatry.
Dr Sandra Swart
MBChB
Tel: 021 938 4572
Email: sandra.swart2@westerncape.gov.za
Dr Graham de Bever
MBChB
Tel: 021 938 4572
Email: gndb@westerncape.gov.za
Adult Psychiatry
Professor Gerhard Jordaan
MBChB, FCPsych (PR), MMed (Psych), DMed
Tel: 021 938 9489
Fax: 021 938 9738
Email: gpj2@sun.ac.za
Prof Jordaan is a psychiatrist, clinical head of the adult psychiatric unit at Tygerberg Hospital, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry. His areas of research interest include alcohol-induced psychotic disorder, eating disorders, and psychopharmacology.
Dr Kerry-Ann Louw
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), MPhil (Liaison Mental Health)
Tel: 021 938 9765
Fax: 021 940 4573
Email: kerrylouw@sun.ac.za
Dr Lindokuhle Thela
MBChB, FCPsych, MMed (Psych), Cert Neuropsychiatry
Tel: 021 938 9623
Fax: 021 938 9738
Email: thela@sun.ac.za
Dr Thela is a lecturer and neuropsychiatrist based at Tygerberg Hospital. His research interests are HIV neuropsychiatry and neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy.
