Lourens Schlebusch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6052996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lourens Schlebusch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lourens |
| FAMILY NAME | Schlebusch |
| SIGNATURE | SCHLEBUSCH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1029-4105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Age, Gender and Suicidal Ideation Following Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation in patients who were tested for HIV-infection and whether along with their HIV status, age and gender influenced their risk for suicidal ideation. The sample consisted of 189 patients who attended a voluntary HIV counseling and testing clinic (VCT) at a general state hospital in Durban, South Africa. Their mean age at baseline was 34.2 years, with an age range of between 1…
The Measurement of Stress in Breast Cancer Patients
The assessment of stress among breast cancer patients is reported in the present article. The aim of the study was to evaluate the complex interplay of stress-related physical, psychological, and behavioural reactions to breast cancer. The further validation of a stress measure, the Stress Symptom Checklist (SSCL), assisted this process. The sample consisted of a cross-cultural group of randomly selected black ( n = 100) and white ( n = 100) wome…
The Development of a Stress Symptom Checklist
The development of a stress measure, and indications of its reliability and validity are reported in the present article. The human stress response and its deleterious consequences are discussed, including the fact that stress is a major problem in society at all levels of human interaction. South African stress levels are particularly high, and many lifestyle diseases, health-risk behaviours, suicidal behaviours, violence, trauma-producing behav…
Psychological Stress, Adjustment and Cross-Cultural Considerations in Breast Cancer Patients
There is a dearth of information regarding the psychological experience of breast cancer in the South African context, particularly within the black population. Existing psychological studies have focused mainly on the healthy breast or instances of non-malignant disease, largely within the white population from a Western perspective. This study addressed some of these concerns and examined and compared the nature and degree of psychological dist…
Health Beliefs of a Sample of Black Patients Attending a Specialized Medical Facility
Cross-cultural research has highlighted the influential role of health beliefs in shaping responses to health messages and subsequent health behaviour. Research into health behaviour constitutes an interdisciplinary field which studies personal attributes related to health maintenance, restoration and improvement and it embraces concepts related to biopsychosocial health care and behavioural medicine. Health behaviour research is in its infancy i…
Health Psychology in South Africa
Health psychology's public debut may be historically identified as having occurred in 1978 internationally and in 1989 in South Africa. It has since developed its own important role in disease prevention and health enhancement due to several good reasons highlighted in this article. These developments have unfolded within an ever rapidly changing arena of health care. Both health-risk behaviour and lifestyle diseases have been identified as criti…
Stress, Social Support and Biopsychosocial Dynamics in HIV-Aids
Research trends in psychosocial aspects of HIV-AIDS are reviewed, exploring the role of psychosocial cofactors in disease progression. This is undertaken within a biopsychosocial model and gives cognisance to the role of psychosocial stress, social support, and emotional adjustment. Research data from a study of biopsychosocial interrelationships in a sample of HIV-positive patients show a significant correlation between social support and emotio…
Body-Image Differences in Live-Related and Cadaver Renal Transplant Recipients
Differences in body-image between live-related and cadaver renal transplant recipients were investigated. A body-image questionnaire as part of a comprehensive psychological assessment was individually administered to ten live-related and 30 cadaver renal transplant patients. A factor analysis of the questionnaire items disclosed eight factors in the ratings of body-image. Separate factor scores were then calculated for each participant in the st…
Health Care Professionals' Knowledge about Aids, Prejudice and Attitudes towards Aids
In this study the authors examined knowledge of and attitudes to AIDS in a group of health care pofessionals. The results indicated high levels of knowledge about the disease. These results are regarded as positive findings, since their AIDS awareness showed the subjects were well informed and had formulated this knowledge from a relatively objective rather than judgemental/moralistic point of view. Three categories of attitudes were studied, tha…
Cross-Cultural Indicators of Help-Seeking Behaviour in Aggressive General Hospital Patients
In this study the authors researched cross-cultural identification of aggressive behaviour disturbances as identifying factors for patients' family members to seek professional help for the patients. Patients ( N = 40), mainly Zulu-speaking were drawn from the outpatient clinic of a large academic general hospital. In all 23 (57,5%) of the patients and 25 (62,5%) of the relatives were urbanized. A comparison was made between what the patients' fa…
Medical Psychology in Southern Africa
The challenge facing the contribution of clinical psychology to general health care from within the medical teaching establishment, in a changing society, is explored. Factors providing an impetus for psychology to participate in the quest for a mind — body synthesis in understanding and treating physical disease are discussed, along with related joint collaborative and other psychological aspects. The importance of cross-cultural issues and impl…
Trends in Adult Parasuicide in an Urban Environment
This study reports on a cohort of 389 adult in-hospital parasuicides. The female to male ratio was 2,5:1,3. Age peaked between 20–29 years with a decline corresponding with age advance. An increase in and a lowering of age in parasuicide were found. Most patients were married and had a history and family history of psychological problems including inordinate drug/alcohol consumption. Self-poisoning by overdose predominated, with benzodiazepines, …
Parasuicide among Indian Adolescents
From the significant amount of research devoted to parasuicide it is evident that parasuicidal adolescents experience many unique problems. There is however a paucity of research in this regard on South African Indian patients. Culturally oriented research is necessary in order to gain a better understanding of the problems facing these patients, and for appropriate management and ultimate prevention of parasuicide. Accordingly a preliminary stud…
On Suicide in a South African General Hospital Psychiatric Inpatient Unit
Few studies have reported specifically on suicide in general hospital psychiatric inpatient units. Results of a study over a 10-year period of nine patients who committed suicide while being treated in such a unit are presented. Total admissions during the study period were 6 961 giving an average suicide rate of 1,4 suicides per 1 000 admissions. More males committed suicide than females. Most patients were unemployed with a history of parasuici…
Medical Psychology and Psychonephrology
Clinical psychology is developing into an integral part of modern health care delivery systems as evidenced by its role in the establishment of services in clinical psychology in general hospitals, training programmes in medical psychology, and the increased teaching of medically applied psychology in medical schools. This extended role of clinical psychology is discussed against the background of a subspecialization in psychonephrology. The aim …
Narcissistic Collusion in the Treatment of Adolescent Conduct Disorders Who Present with Parasuicide
Conduct disorders are among the most prevalent disorders currently seen in adolescents and children. In addition there appears to be a sharp increase in parasuicide of all ages, but particularly among adolescents. It has been suggested that there may be a significant relationship between conduct disorders, adolescent parasuicides and our modern technocratic society. Recent research has also shown that a number of clinical sub-types of conduct dis…
Cross-Cultural Indicators of Help-Seeking Behaviour in Aggressive General Hospital Patients
In this study the authors researched cross-cultural identification of aggressive behaviour disturbances as identifying factors for patients' family members to seek professional help for the patients. Patients ( N = 40), mainly Zulu-speaking were drawn from the outpatient clinic of a large academic general hospital. In all 23 (57,5%) of the patients and 25 (62,5%) of the relatives were urbanized. A comparison was made between what the patients' fa…
Medical Psychology in Southern Africa
The challenge facing the contribution of clinical psychology to general health care from within the medical teaching establishment, in a changing society, is explored. Factors providing an impetus for psychology to participate in the quest for a mind — body synthesis in understanding and treating physical disease are discussed, along with related joint collaborative and other psychological aspects. The importance of cross-cultural issues and impl…
Medical Psychology and Psychonephrology
Clinical psychology is developing into an integral part of modern health care delivery systems as evidenced by its role in the establishment of services in clinical psychology in general hospitals, training programmes in medical psychology, and the increased teaching of medically applied psychology in medical schools. This extended role of clinical psychology is discussed against the background of a subspecialization in psychonephrology. The aim …
Health Beliefs of a Sample of Black Patients Attending a Specialized Medical Facility
Cross-cultural research has highlighted the influential role of health beliefs in shaping responses to health messages and subsequent health behaviour. Research into health behaviour constitutes an interdisciplinary field which studies personal attributes related to health maintenance, restoration and improvement and it embraces concepts related to biopsychosocial health care and behavioural medicine. Health behaviour research is in its infancy i…
Health Psychology in South Africa
Health psychology's public debut may be historically identified as having occurred in 1978 internationally and in 1989 in South Africa. It has since developed its own important role in disease prevention and health enhancement due to several good reasons highlighted in this article. These developments have unfolded within an ever rapidly changing arena of health care. Both health-risk behaviour and lifestyle diseases have been identified as criti…
Parasuicide among Indian Adolescents
From the significant amount of research devoted to parasuicide it is evident that parasuicidal adolescents experience many unique problems. There is however a paucity of research in this regard on South African Indian patients. Culturally oriented research is necessary in order to gain a better understanding of the problems facing these patients, and for appropriate management and ultimate prevention of parasuicide. Accordingly a preliminary stud…
On Suicide in a South African General Hospital Psychiatric Inpatient Unit
Few studies have reported specifically on suicide in general hospital psychiatric inpatient units. Results of a study over a 10-year period of nine patients who committed suicide while being treated in such a unit are presented. Total admissions during the study period were 6 961 giving an average suicide rate of 1,4 suicides per 1 000 admissions. More males committed suicide than females. Most patients were unemployed with a history of parasuici…
The Development of a Stress Symptom Checklist
The development of a stress measure, and indications of its reliability and validity are reported in the present article. The human stress response and its deleterious consequences are discussed, including the fact that stress is a major problem in society at all levels of human interaction. South African stress levels are particularly high, and many lifestyle diseases, health-risk behaviours, suicidal behaviours, violence, trauma-producing behav…
Psychological Stress, Adjustment and Cross-Cultural Considerations in Breast Cancer Patients
There is a dearth of information regarding the psychological experience of breast cancer in the South African context, particularly within the black population. Existing psychological studies have focused mainly on the healthy breast or instances of non-malignant disease, largely within the white population from a Western perspective. This study addressed some of these concerns and examined and compared the nature and degree of psychological dist…
Trends in Adult Parasuicide in an Urban Environment
This study reports on a cohort of 389 adult in-hospital parasuicides. The female to male ratio was 2,5:1,3. Age peaked between 20–29 years with a decline corresponding with age advance. An increase in and a lowering of age in parasuicide were found. Most patients were married and had a history and family history of psychological problems including inordinate drug/alcohol consumption. Self-poisoning by overdose predominated, with benzodiazepines, …
The Measurement of Stress in Breast Cancer Patients
The assessment of stress among breast cancer patients is reported in the present article. The aim of the study was to evaluate the complex interplay of stress-related physical, psychological, and behavioural reactions to breast cancer. The further validation of a stress measure, the Stress Symptom Checklist (SSCL), assisted this process. The sample consisted of a cross-cultural group of randomly selected black ( n = 100) and white ( n = 100) wome…
Stress, Social Support and Biopsychosocial Dynamics in HIV-Aids
Research trends in psychosocial aspects of HIV-AIDS are reviewed, exploring the role of psychosocial cofactors in disease progression. This is undertaken within a biopsychosocial model and gives cognisance to the role of psychosocial stress, social support, and emotional adjustment. Research data from a study of biopsychosocial interrelationships in a sample of HIV-positive patients show a significant correlation between social support and emotio…
Health Care Professionals' Knowledge about Aids, Prejudice and Attitudes towards Aids
In this study the authors examined knowledge of and attitudes to AIDS in a group of health care pofessionals. The results indicated high levels of knowledge about the disease. These results are regarded as positive findings, since their AIDS awareness showed the subjects were well informed and had formulated this knowledge from a relatively objective rather than judgemental/moralistic point of view. Three categories of attitudes were studied, tha…
Narcissistic Collusion in the Treatment of Adolescent Conduct Disorders Who Present with Parasuicide
Conduct disorders are among the most prevalent disorders currently seen in adolescents and children. In addition there appears to be a sharp increase in parasuicide of all ages, but particularly among adolescents. It has been suggested that there may be a significant relationship between conduct disorders, adolescent parasuicides and our modern technocratic society. Recent research has also shown that a number of clinical sub-types of conduct dis…
On Suicide in a South African General Hospital Psychiatric Inpatient Unit
Few studies have reported specifically on suicide in general hospital psychiatric inpatient units. Results of a study over a 10-year period of nine patients who committed suicide while being treated in such a unit are presented. Total admissions during the study period were 6 961 giving an average suicide rate of 1,4 suicides per 1 000 admissions. More males committed suicide than females. Most patients were unemployed with a history of parasuici…
Medical Psychology and Psychonephrology
Clinical psychology is developing into an integral part of modern health care delivery systems as evidenced by its role in the establishment of services in clinical psychology in general hospitals, training programmes in medical psychology, and the increased teaching of medically applied psychology in medical schools. This extended role of clinical psychology is discussed against the background of a subspecialization in psychonephrology. The aim …
Medical Psychology in Southern Africa
The challenge facing the contribution of clinical psychology to general health care from within the medical teaching establishment, in a changing society, is explored. Factors providing an impetus for psychology to participate in the quest for a mind — body synthesis in understanding and treating physical disease are discussed, along with related joint collaborative and other psychological aspects. The importance of cross-cultural issues and impl…
Trends in Adult Parasuicide in an Urban Environment
This study reports on a cohort of 389 adult in-hospital parasuicides. The female to male ratio was 2,5:1,3. Age peaked between 20–29 years with a decline corresponding with age advance. An increase in and a lowering of age in parasuicide were found. Most patients were married and had a history and family history of psychological problems including inordinate drug/alcohol consumption. Self-poisoning by overdose predominated, with benzodiazepines, …
Parasuicide among Indian Adolescents
From the significant amount of research devoted to parasuicide it is evident that parasuicidal adolescents experience many unique problems. There is however a paucity of research in this regard on South African Indian patients. Culturally oriented research is necessary in order to gain a better understanding of the problems facing these patients, and for appropriate management and ultimate prevention of parasuicide. Accordingly a preliminary stud…
Cross-Cultural Indicators of Help-Seeking Behaviour in Aggressive General Hospital Patients
In this study the authors researched cross-cultural identification of aggressive behaviour disturbances as identifying factors for patients' family members to seek professional help for the patients. Patients ( N = 40), mainly Zulu-speaking were drawn from the outpatient clinic of a large academic general hospital. In all 23 (57,5%) of the patients and 25 (62,5%) of the relatives were urbanized. A comparison was made between what the patients' fa…
Health Care Professionals' Knowledge about Aids, Prejudice and Attitudes towards Aids
In this study the authors examined knowledge of and attitudes to AIDS in a group of health care pofessionals. The results indicated high levels of knowledge about the disease. These results are regarded as positive findings, since their AIDS awareness showed the subjects were well informed and had formulated this knowledge from a relatively objective rather than judgemental/moralistic point of view. Three categories of attitudes were studied, tha…
Body-Image Differences in Live-Related and Cadaver Renal Transplant Recipients
Differences in body-image between live-related and cadaver renal transplant recipients were investigated. A body-image questionnaire as part of a comprehensive psychological assessment was individually administered to ten live-related and 30 cadaver renal transplant patients. A factor analysis of the questionnaire items disclosed eight factors in the ratings of body-image. Separate factor scores were then calculated for each participant in the st…
Stress, Social Support and Biopsychosocial Dynamics in HIV-Aids
Research trends in psychosocial aspects of HIV-AIDS are reviewed, exploring the role of psychosocial cofactors in disease progression. This is undertaken within a biopsychosocial model and gives cognisance to the role of psychosocial stress, social support, and emotional adjustment. Research data from a study of biopsychosocial interrelationships in a sample of HIV-positive patients show a significant correlation between social support and emotio…
Health Beliefs of a Sample of Black Patients Attending a Specialized Medical Facility
Cross-cultural research has highlighted the influential role of health beliefs in shaping responses to health messages and subsequent health behaviour. Research into health behaviour constitutes an interdisciplinary field which studies personal attributes related to health maintenance, restoration and improvement and it embraces concepts related to biopsychosocial health care and behavioural medicine. Health behaviour research is in its infancy i…
Health Psychology in South Africa
Health psychology's public debut may be historically identified as having occurred in 1978 internationally and in 1989 in South Africa. It has since developed its own important role in disease prevention and health enhancement due to several good reasons highlighted in this article. These developments have unfolded within an ever rapidly changing arena of health care. Both health-risk behaviour and lifestyle diseases have been identified as criti…
Psychological Stress, Adjustment and Cross-Cultural Considerations in Breast Cancer Patients
There is a dearth of information regarding the psychological experience of breast cancer in the South African context, particularly within the black population. Existing psychological studies have focused mainly on the healthy breast or instances of non-malignant disease, largely within the white population from a Western perspective. This study addressed some of these concerns and examined and compared the nature and degree of psychological dist…
The Development of a Stress Symptom Checklist
The development of a stress measure, and indications of its reliability and validity are reported in the present article. The human stress response and its deleterious consequences are discussed, including the fact that stress is a major problem in society at all levels of human interaction. South African stress levels are particularly high, and many lifestyle diseases, health-risk behaviours, suicidal behaviours, violence, trauma-producing behav…
The Measurement of Stress in Breast Cancer Patients
The assessment of stress among breast cancer patients is reported in the present article. The aim of the study was to evaluate the complex interplay of stress-related physical, psychological, and behavioural reactions to breast cancer. The further validation of a stress measure, the Stress Symptom Checklist (SSCL), assisted this process. The sample consisted of a cross-cultural group of randomly selected black ( n = 100) and white ( n = 100) wome…
Age, Gender and Suicidal Ideation Following Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation in patients who were tested for HIV-infection and whether along with their HIV status, age and gender influenced their risk for suicidal ideation. The sample consisted of 189 patients who attended a voluntary HIV counseling and testing clinic (VCT) at a general state hospital in Durban, South Africa. Their mean age at baseline was 34.2 years, with an age range of between 1…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Medical emergency (5 works) · Poison control (5 works) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (5 works) · Suicide prevention (5 works) · Health care (4 works) · Parasuicide (4 works)