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A novel brief treatment for methamphetamine use disorders in South Africa: a randomised feasibility trial

Author: Sorsdahl, K ; Stein, D J ; Pasche, S ; Jacobs, Y ; Kader, R ; Odlaug, B ; Richter, S ; Myers, B ; Grant, J E Date: 07 Jan 2021 Background Effective brief treatments for methamphetamine use disorders (MAUD) are urgently needed to complement longer more intensive treatments in low and middle income countries, including South Africa. To address this ... Read more c b
Potential use of clinical polygenic risk scores in psychiatry – ethical implications and communicating high polygenic risk

Author: Palk, A C ; Dalvie, S ; de Vries, J ; Martin, A R ; Stein, D J Date: 27 Feb 2019 Abstract Psychiatric disorders present distinct clinical challenges which are partly attributable to their multifactorial aetiology and the absence of laboratory tests that can be used to confirm diagnosis or predict risk. ... Read more
Prevalence and correlates of atypical patterns of drug use progression: findings from the South African Stress and Health Study

Author: Myers, B ; van Heerden, M S ; Grimsrud, A T ; Myer, L ; Williams, D R ; Stein, D J Date: 2011 Atypical sequences of drug use progression are thought to have important implications for the development of substance dependence. The extent to which this assumption holds for South African populations is unknown. This paper attempts to ... Read more
Psychiatric Contributions from South Africa: Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi

Author: Stein, D J Date: 2012 Given that humans originated in Africa, it is likely that many seminal psychological observations and interventions originate in the continent. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to more recent African contributions to the ... Read more
Response: Selective serotin reputake inhibitors in children and adolescents

Author: Hawkridge, S M ; Seedat, S ; Emsley, R ; Carey, P ; Stein, D J Date: 2006 The introduction of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) was widely viewed as an important advance in clinical psychopharmacology, not only because of their broad-spectrum efficacy but also because of their tolerability and ... Read more
Risky behaviour and psychosocial correlates in adolescents - is there a link with tuberculosis?

Author: Geldenhuys, H D ; Sorsdahl, K ; Kafaar, F ; Hatherill, M ; Hanekom, W A ; Stein, D J ; Mahomed, H Date: 2011 Reasons for the increase in incidence of Tuberculosis (TB) in late adolescence are poorly understood. One hypothesis is that psychological and behavioural variables associated with adolescence may increase risk of developing TB. The study ... Read more