The Training Institutions of Black African Clinical Psychologists Registered with the HPCSA in 2006
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11011552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony L Pillay (0000-0001-8812-163X, Department of Behavioural Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu-Natal and Fort Napier Hospital, P O Box 370, Pietermaritzburg, 3200, South Africa, corresponding author), Evy-Terressah Busisiwe Siyothula (0000-0001-7219-771X, University of KwaZulu-Natal) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 725-735 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South African Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0081-2463 • E-ISSN: 2078-208X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/008124630803800411 |
| OpenAlex | W2316123800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 9 |
The investigation was undertaken to provide an indication of the number of black African clinical psychologists in the country and the institutions that have trained them. The register of Psychologists of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) was examined to analyse (1) the number of black Africans registered as clinical psychologists, and (2) the universities that trained them. Methodologically this was a challenging exercise, since black African clinical psychologists had to be identified by their names, with the result that a margin of error is expected, albeit rather small. A total of 325 black African clinical psychologists were identified in the HPCSA registers up to November 2006, reflecting 14.2% of all registered clinical psychologists in the country. Fifty-nine (18.2%) of the 325 were trained in the years up to 1994, while the rest (266 or 81.8%) were trained in the years following the official demise of apartheid. Almost one out of six was trained at the Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa), which together with the University of the Witwatersrand trained over one quarter of the black African clinical psychologists registered at the time. In total, the historically black universities trained 153 (47.1 %), but in the post- apartheid period from 1995 they trained the majority (136 or 51.1%). The results are discussed in terms of their implications for future training and the broader needs in South Africa
Black african · Demise · Geography · Medical education · Political science · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Register (sociolinguistics) · Training (meteorology) · History · Law · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology
Rethinking “relevance”
Apartheid and Post-Apartheid Intern Clinical Psychology Training in South Africa
History and politics of mental health policy and care in South Africa
Essence or experience? A new direction for African psychology
Integration of psychobiography into professional training in clinical and counselling psychology
Integral approach to South African psychology with special reference to indigenous knowledge
South African clinical psychology’s response to cultural diversity, globalisation and multiculturalism
South African isiXhosa traditional healer self-identification, training, practices, and their perceptions of collaboration with medical providers
Transformation in psychology
Race, representativity, and the (im)probability of being a Black African professional psychology graduate
On addressing ‘Whiteness’ during clinical psychology training
Is post-apartheid South Africa training more black African clinical psychologists and addressing the historical imbalance
Clinical psychology service distribution and integration into primary health care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The role of rural universities in developing psychology in South Africa
Perceptions of Registered Counsellor Efficacy
South African clinical psychologists’ multicultural clinical and supervisory experience
South African psychology 20 years into democracy
Psychology Training Directors' Reflections on Evidence-Based Practice in South Africa
A cross-sectional survey of South African psychology interns’ perceptions of negative supervision events
Market relevance’, ‘social relevance’, and psychology in South Africa
Experiences and views of clinical psychologists working in non-urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The changing face of clinical psychology intern training
Resources for mental health
A Characterisation of South African Psychology (1948–1988)
Creating New Capacity through Postgraduate Selection
How Has Psychology Fared over Ten Years of Democracy? Achievements, Challenges and Questions
Analysis of Records from an Urban African Psychological Service
Politics and Mental Health
South African Clinical Psychology, Employment (In)Equity and the “Brain Drain”
| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 1.29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |