Psychology

4.6 million people, one psychologist: The Central African Republic’s mental health crisis

Africa Will Baxter & Simon Allison - 6 Mar 2020

Meet the Central African Republic’s only practising clinical psychologist

Cyberflashing: Get your dick off my phone

Article Tiffany Kagure Mugo - 29 Jan 2020

It’s the tech version of the street corner flasher — or a man hoping you’ll reciprocate with a clit pic

Conclusions about the effects of digital media are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong

Article Byron Reeves, Nilam Ram & Thomas N. Robinson - 22 Jan 2020

Humans are barraged by digital media 24/7. Is it a problem?

Could this drug one day come out of the club and onto your therapist’s couch?

Article Molly Carlyle - 5 Mar 2019

Ecstasy users are more empathetic than those who take other drugs – even when not on it.

Dr Sibu Qhogwana

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 31 Aug 2018

Clinical psychologist

If you possess these 10 qualities, you might be a good fit for a high-stress job

Article Bhekisisa Team - 17 Jul 2018

Scientists studied soldiers with PTSD and even children who'd witnessed a great tragedy. Did they unlock the secrets of resilience?

Racist stereotyping threatens SA

Article Hlumelo Biko - 18 Apr 2017

It is the primary cause of the ‘us against them’ view that is tearing the country apart.

When the sorrow doesn’t end: Could chronic grief be a medical condition?

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jan 2017

The pain of bereavement is supposed to ease with time. When it doesn't, psychiatrists call it 'complicated grief' and it can be treated.

Decolonising psychology creates possibilities for social change

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Oct 2016

An engagement with blackness, black feminisms and black masculinities can help South African psychologists contribute to building healthy communities.

Mental shift: Yoga makes its way behind the walls of South African prisons

Article Laura Lopez Gonzalez - 26 Sep 2016

It's World Yoga Day. Mindfulness has seen a resurgence in popularity and is slowly making its way behind the walls of prisons in South Africa.

Psychologists can’t practice in a vacuum, ignoring SA’s social conditions and rights

Article Juan Nel - 12 Sep 2016

Professionals are being asked to look critically at the discipline’s ability to respond to South Africa’s context.

Psych the metrics of your soul

Article Shaun De Waal - 22 Jul 2016

'Psychometric tests are becoming more common in the workplace, and we at the ministry were asked to test them and make recommendations'

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