The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) and SASOP State Employed Special Interest Group (SESIG) position statements on psychiatric care in the public sector

Allen, Richard; Alonso-Betancourt, Orlando; Burns, John F.; J, Chabalala; Erlacher, Helmut; Grobler, Gerhard; Jeenah, Yasmien; Kewana, M.; Koen, Liezl; Leloka, L.; Mashapu, M.; Milligan, P; Moosa, Yusuf; Motlana, Mashadi; Nassen, Rene; Nichol, Richard; Niehaus, Dana; Parker, Joan Carolyn; Pretorius, J.H.C.; Rama, A.; Ramlall, Suvira; Ras, Johan; Rataemane, Solomon; Seedat, Soraya; Sefala, G. S.; Stein, Dan J.; Subramaney, Ugasvaree; Szabo, Christopher Paul; Westmore, Ian; Wyk, Stephan van; Vermaak, S.; Zingela, Zukiswa

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“…The protection of individuals with psychiatric conditions within traditional and other religious/spiritual healing systems, however, needs to be ensured and all forms of abuse in this context, or neglect and delay with regard to appropriate psychiatric care, should be identified and prevented. ' [56] It should also be noted here that it appears that different faith traditions are not currently considered equally in terms of their role in the formal health sector. African traditional health practice, for example, seems to be awarded a disproportionately large space in this regard, as a controlling council has been legislated and constituted for African traditional health practitioners.…”

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Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

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Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

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“…Findings of this enquiry, within its limitations, should help to inform and support the objectives stated in the position statement of the SA Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP). [12] …”

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“…[11] As the importance of spirituality in mental health and psychiatry seems to feature more promi nently, it would be prudent that local South African (SA) psychiatrists consider from within the discipline the place that spirituality should be given in specialist psychiatric prac tice and education. [12,13] According to the views of psychiatrists expressed in a recent qualitative study in SA, spirituality should be incorporated into the current biopsychosocial approach irrespective of one's own stance on spirituality and religion. [13] Building on the affordance of this qualitative study, our quantitative study sought data by which some of those findings could be generalised.…”

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Does religious identification of South African psychiatrists matter in their approach to religious matters in clinical practice?

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2014

S. Afr. J. Psych.

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Corresponding author: M A Welgemoed (mariuswelgemoed@gmail.com)Background. It is not known whether psychiatrists' approach to religious matters in clinical practice reflects their own identification or non-identification with religion or their being active in religious activities. Objective. This question was investigated among South African (SA) psychiatrists and psychiatry registrars, including the importance they attach to the religious beliefs of patients for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Methods. Respondents from the SA Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) completed a purpose-designed questionnaire anonymously online. Respondents were compared statistically with regard to whether they identified with a religion, and the regularity of their participation in religious activities. Further comparisons were made based on gender and years of clinical experience. Results. Participants who identified with a religion showed no statistical differences in comparison with those who did not, regarding: how they viewed the importance of a patient's religious beliefs for purposes of diagnosis, general management, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, recovery from an acute episode, maintenance of recovery or remission, time to be spent on religious education, referral for religious/ spiritual counselling according to patient's own beliefs; referral when patient and participant are of different religions; and whether referral is considered harmful when a patient's religious beliefs are similar to or different from the participant's. Statistically significant differences were found where participants who did not identify with a religion were more likely to indicate religion had 'little importance' for the purpose of understanding the patient and to indicate 'no' when asked if they would refer a patient for religious/spiritual counselling. When comparing regularity of participation in religious gatherings, participants who indicated their participation as 'no/never' were more likely to answer 'no' when asked if they would refer a patient for religious/spiritual counselling, even when of a similar religion to that of their patient. In comparing genders, males were more likely to answer 'yes' than females when asked if they considered religious/spiritual counselling (in accordance with the patient's own religious beliefs) potentially harmful when the patient's religion was different from the participant's. Conclusion. It appears that SA psychiatrists' identification with religion and regularity of participation in religious gatherings do not influence their approach to religious matters of their patients in most respects. The exception seems to be for those psychiatrists who do not identify with a religion (~16%), who tend to respond that they do not refer for religious counselling and that they consider the patient's religious identification to be of little importance in understanding the patient.

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“…SASOP argued then that psychiatrists should play a central role in the strategic and operational planning of mental health services, at local, provincial and national levels, [4] in collaboration with the other mental health disciplines. It is easy to make such an argument at the present time, as the majority of state-employed psychiatrists occupy positions of relative power within mental health services which remain centralised, hospital-based [5] and, it could be argued, psychiatristbased.…”

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“…Many of these challenges have been described in the lay press [1] and in both local [2] and international [3] journals.In recognition of these challenges, the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) has expressed its support for formalising a national mental health policy, in a position statement [4] released following a strategic workshop in 2012. The workshop was co-ordinated by members of its State Employed Special Interest Group (SESIG).…”

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Are we training our psychiatrists adequately as public mental health practitioners?

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The South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP) and SASOP State Employed Special Interest Group (SESIG) position statements on psychiatric care in the public sector

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Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

Referral and collaboration between South African psychiatrists and religious or spiritual advisers: Views from some psychiatrists

Does religious identification of South African psychiatrists matter in their approach to religious matters in clinical practice?

Are we training our psychiatrists adequately as public mental health practitioners?

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