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Table 9 Publications of research relevant to child and adolescent mental health that included authors from the Western Cape or a focus on the Western Cape in 2016

From: A situational analysis of child and adolescent mental health services and systems in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Research theme

Topic of research

Reference (First author, journal, volume: pages)

Infant Mental Health

Infant mental health and early childhood [38]

Worthman, Social Science and Medicine, 154: 62–69

Reflective practice in infant mental health [39]

Berg, Infant Mental Health Journal, 37: 684–691

Autism and ADHD

Autism in Africa [40]

de Vries, Current Opinion in Neurology, 29: 130–136

Performance of South African children on the CSBS, a tool for autism [41]

Chambers, International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 51: 265–275

Theory of mind in autism [42]

Hamilton, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28: 233–241

Management of ADHD in children and adolescents: clinical audit of ADHD assessment and treatment [43]

Vrba, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28: 1–19

HIV/AIDS

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in 6–16-year olds [44]

Hoare, Neurology, 87: 86–93

The impact of household HIV on child development [45]

Sherr, Child Care Health and Development, 42: 890–899

Mental health resilience in children who lost parents to HIV/AIDS [46]

Collishaw, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44: 719–730

Social support for children affected by HIV/AIDS [47]

Sharer, Aids Care—Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 28: 110–117

Resilience in HIV-affected adolescents in South Africa [48]

Bhana, Aids Care—Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 28: 49–59

Correlates of emotional and behavioural problems in children with perinatally-acquired HIV [49]

Louw, Aids Care—Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 28: 842–850

Adolescent Mental Health

Mental health inequalities in adolescents [50]

Das-Munshi, PloS One, 11: 5

Adolescent substance abuse [51]

Weybright, Journal of Adolescence, 49: 158–169

Impact of family structure on adolescent psychological profile [52]

Davids, Journal of Psychology in Africa, 26: 351–356

Social protection and adolescent health [53]

Cluver, PloS One, 11: 10

Parenting programme to prevent abuse of adolescents [54]

Cluver, Trials, 17: 328

Reducing adolescent abuse in LMIC [55]

Cluver, BMC Public Health, 16: 567

Factors associated with readmission of adolescents discharged from inpatient units [56]

Pieterse, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 28: [incomplete]

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)

Clinical trial of everolimus for epilepsy in TSC [57]

French, Lancet, 388: 2153–2163

Everolimus for neurocognitive problems in TSC [58]

Randell, Trials, 17: 398

Long-Term use of everolimus for SEGA in TSC [59]

Franz, PloS One, 11: 6

Towards an improved understanding of TSC-Associated Neuropsychiatric Disorders [60]

Leclezio, Advances in Autism, 2: 1–8

Everolimus for renal angiomyolipomas in TSC [61]

Bissler, Nephrology, dialysis and transplantation, 31: 111–119

Other themes

Fatal child abuse [62]

Mathews, South African Medical Journal, 106: 22–25

Theory of mind in children with FASD [63]

Lindinger, Alcoholism—Clinical and Experimental Research, 40: 367–376

Cultural adaptation of the DISC-IV for Sotho-speaking South Africans [64]

Skinner, Journal of Ethic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 25: 1–19