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Exploring the Implications of Philoxenia on Social Cohesion between South Africans and African Immigrants: Empirical Insights from African Immigrants in Nelspruit, South Africa by Maseng, Jonathan Oshupeng, Gabara, Gundo

“…This paper explored the implications of the existence of philoxenia on Social Cohesion between South Africans and African immigrants. The researchers employed…”
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Cross-sectional Comparison of the Epidemiology of DSM-5 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Across the Globe by Ruscio, Ayelet Meron, Hallion, Lauren S, Lim, Carmen C W, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso, Jordi, Andrade, Laura Helena, Borges, Guilherme, Bromet, Evelyn J, Bunting, Brendan, Caldas de Almeida, José Miguel, Demyttenaere, Koen, Florescu, Silvia, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep Maria, He, Yanling, Hinkov, Hristo, Hu, Chiyi, de Jonge, Peter, Karam, Elie G, Lee, Sing, Lepine, Jean-Pierre, Levinson, Daphna, Mneimneh, Zeina, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Posada-Villa, José, Slade, Tim, Stein, Dan J, Torres, Yolanda, Uda, Hidenori, Wojtyniak, Bogdan, Kessler, Ronald C, Chatterji, Somnath, Scott, Kate M

“…Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is poorly understood compared with other anxiety disorders, and debates persist about the seriousness of this disorder. Few…”
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The Modern Girl and the Lady: Negotiating Modern Womanhood in a South African Magazine, 1910-1920 by Venter, Isabella J.

“…The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of how the definition of the ideal 'modern' woman changed in South Africa for white middle- and upper-class…”
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Largest GWAS of PTSD (N=20 070) yields genetic overlap with schizophrenia and sex differences in heritability by Duncan, L E, Ratanatharathorn, A, Aiello, A E, Almli, L M, Amstadter, A B, Ashley-Koch, A E, Baker, D G, Beckham, J C, Bierut, L J, Bisson, J, Bradley, B, Chen, C-Y, Dalvie, S, Farrer, L A, Galea, S, Garrett, M E, Gelernter, J E, Guffanti, G, Hauser, M A, Johnson, E O, Kessler, R C, Kimbrel, N A, King, A, Koen, N, Kranzler, H R, Logue, M W, Maihofer, A X, Martin, A R, Miller, M W, Morey, R A, Nugent, N R, Rice, J P, Ripke, S, Roberts, A L, Saccone, N L, Smoller, J W, Stein, D J, Stein, M B, Sumner, J A, Uddin, M, Ursano, R J, Wildman, D E, Yehuda, R, Zhao, H, Daly, M J, Liberzon, I, Ressler, K J, Nievergelt, C M, Koenen, K C

“…The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder group (PGC-PTSD) combined genome-wide case-control molecular genetic data across 11…”
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Fatherhood, manhood, and personhood: South African fathers' experiences of parental identity development by Divine, Wayela Bitalo, Piotrowski, Konrad, Naudé, Luzelle

“…Fatherhood is rooted in various cultural, societal, and even religious belief systems. In the South African context, where fathers are often perceived to be…”
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Exploring the relationship between the gut microbiome and mental health outcomes in a posttraumatic stress disorder cohort relative to trauma-exposed controls by Malan-Muller, Stefanie, Valles-Colomer, Mireia, Foxx, Christine L., Vieira-Silva, Sara, van den Heuvel, Leigh L., Raes, Jeroen, Seedat, Soraya, Lowry, Christopher A., Hemmings, Sian M.J.

“…Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) imposes a significant burden on patients and communities. Although the microbiome-gut-brain axis has been proposed as a…”
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Assessing the accuracy of the program Stature for stature estimation in White South Africans by Loubser, Natasha R., Spies, Amy J., Brits, Desiré

“…In 2016, Polcerová and Králik created an open-access software program, Stature, designed to automate the estimation of living stature in forensic and…”
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National and regional prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ng, Lauren C., Stevenson, Anne, Kalapurakkel, Sreeja S., Hanlon, Charlotte, Seedat, Soraya, Harerimana, Boniface, Chiliza, Bonginkosi, Koenen, Karestan C.

“…People living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are disproportionately exposed to trauma and may be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)…”
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Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys by Kessler, Ronald C., McLaughlin, Katie A., Green, Jennifer Greif, Gruber, Michael J., Sampson, Nancy A., Zaslavsky, Alan M., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alhamzawi, Ali Obaid, Alonso, Jordi, Angermeyer, Matthias, Benjet, Corina, Bromet, Evelyn, Chatterji, Somnath, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Demyttenaere, Koen, Fayyad, John, Florescu, Silvia, Gal, Gilad, Gureje, Oye, Haro, Josep Maria, Hu, Chi-yi, Karam, Elie G., Kawakami, Norito, Lee, Sing, Lépine, Jean-Pierre, Ormel, Johan, Posada-Villa, José, Sagar, Rajesh, Tsang, Adley, Üstün, T. Bedirhan, Vassilev, Svetlozar, Viana, Maria Carmen, Williams, David R.

“…Although significant associations of childhood adversities with adult mental disorders are widely documented, most studies focus on single childhood…”
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Childhood adversities and post-traumatic stress disorder: evidence for stress sensitisation in the World Mental Health Surveys by McLaughlin, Katie A., Koenen, Karestan C., Bromet, Evelyn J., Karam, Elie G., Liu, Howard, Petukhova, Maria, Ruscio, Ayelet Meron, Sampson, Nancy A., Stein, Dan J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Alonso, Jordi, Borges, Guilherme, Demyttenaere, Koen, Dinolova, Rumyana V., Ferry, Finola, Florescu, Silvia, de Girolamo, Giovanni, Gureje, Oye, Kawakami, Norito, Lee, Sing, Navarro-Mateu, Fernando, Piazza, Marina, Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Posada-Villa, José, ten Have, Margreet, Viana, Maria Carmen, Kessler, Ronald C.

“…Although childhood adversities are known to predict increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after traumatic experiences, it is unclear whether…”
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Creating Transformation: South African Jews in Australia by Rutland, Suzanne D.

“…Since the 1960s Australian Jewry has doubled in size to 117,000. This increase has been due to migration rather than natural increase with the main migration…”
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Regression equations for stature reconstruction from the lower limb bones of contemporary White South Africans by Bidmos, Mubarak A., Loubser, Natasha, Brits, Desiré

“…In 2008, Dayal and colleagues generated regression equations to estimate the total skeletal height (TSH) of White South Africans. However, the validity of…”
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A vulnerability paradox in the cross-national prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder by Dückers, Michel L. A., Alisic, Eva, Brewin, Chris R.

“…Determinants of cross-national differences in the prevalence of mental illness are poorly understood. To test whether national post-traumatic stress disorder…”
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Sexual violence against children in South Africa: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of prevalence and correlates by Ward, Catherine L, Artz, Lillian, Leoschut, Lezanne, Kassanjee, Reshma, Burton, Patrick

“…We aimed to complete a nationally representative study of sexual violence against children in South Africa, and its correlates, since we could identify no…”
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Education services and resilience processes: Resilient Black South African students' experiences by Theron, Linda C., Theron, Adam M.C.

“…The resilience literature is increasingly drawing attention to formal service provision as a means for social ecologies to support children's and youths'…”
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Post-traumatic stress disorder associated with sexual assault among women in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys by Scott, K. M., Koenen, K. C., King, A., Petukhova, M. V., Alonso, J., Bromet, E. J., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., de Jonge, P., Haro, J. M., Karam, E. G., Lee, S., Medina-Mora, M. E., Navarro-Mateu, F., Sampson, N. A., Shahly, V., Stein, D. J., Torres, Y., Zaslavsky, A. M., Kessler, R. C.

“…Sexual assault is a global concern with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), one of the common sequelae. Early intervention can help prevent PTSD, making…”
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Predicting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Caseness Using the PTSD Checklist for DSM‐5 Among Patients Receiving Care for HIV by Kagee, Ashraf, Bantjes, Jason, Saal, Wylene, Sterley, Adelle

“…This study assessed the ability of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for the DSM‐5 (PCL‐5) to distinguish between caseness and noncaseness for…”
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Posttraumatic stress disorder is characterized by functional dysregulation of dermal fibroblasts by van de Vyver, M., Benecke, R.M., van den Heuvel, L., Kruger, M.J., Powrie, Y., Seedat, S., Smith, C.

“…Incidence of mental health disorders are rising in modernity, with psychological stress linked to a propensity for developing various chronic diseases due to a…”
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Childhood maltreatment and internalizing/externalizing disorders in trauma-exposed adolescents: Does posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity have a mediating role? by van den Heuvel, Leigh Luella, Assim, Ayesha, Koning, Milo, Nöthling, Jani, Seedat, Soraya

“…Childhood maltreatment is associated with wide-ranging psychopathology at all stages of life. In the current study, we investigated whether posttraumatic…”
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Application of discriminant function analysis and logistic regression models to estimate sex using the dimensions around the metatarsal diaphyseal nutrient foramen in the South Africans of Mixed ancestry by Manjatika, Arthur Tsalani, Davimes, Joshua Gabriel, Mazengenya, Pedzisai

“…The development of sex estimation standards, especially in locations with high murder case loads like South Africa, is important to aid in establishing the…”
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