South African neuropsychiatrist. Interest in Sport & Exercise Psychiatry and brain injury. Views are my own. He/Him
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined September 2013
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Our sport and exercise psychiatry editorial just out in @BJSM_BMJ! #SEPSIG @Doctor_Mafuze @jonpatricios @SASMA_ZA
#Editorial: Championing mental health 🧠🔥
Sport & exercise psychiatry for low- and middle-income countries using a model from South Africa
👉 A roadmap for strategic development through collaboration, capacity building & sustainability
LEARN MORE ➡️ bit.ly/3Uf9Q3C
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⚠️ Pressure points: ethical dilemmas in sports mental health research involving athletes 🧠 🤷♂️
NEW #BJSMEditorial 📄
Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/4cacOix
Interdisciplinary collaboration in athlete mental health care: Insights from lower resource settings. Just published in Sports Psychiatry. #sepsig #sportspsychiatry #sportpsychology econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/ful…
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SA Rugby and @WorldRugby have launched a ground-breaking initiative aimed at providing former elite players with support and advice to keep their brain and general health optimal at all stages of their life - more here: tinyurl.com/2du9ffky 🧠
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South African Athletes, We Need You! Mental health is just as crucial as physical health! Help us understand mental health symptoms in SA athletes by taking our confidential survey🔗 pretoria.eu.qualtrics.com/jf…
#MentalHealthMatters #AthleteWellbeing #SportsMedicine
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🚨 Want to learn more about the role sports psychiatry? 🙋♀️
NEW #Editorial on the evolution of sports psychiatry: a clinical intersection of mental health and physical activity 🧠 🏃♀️
@DrDKEPross, @CazNahman, @JamesWBurger
READ ➡️ bit.ly/404tKzV
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Videos to the recent World Rugby #RSN2024 and MCC conference presentations are now online:
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RSN - world.rugby/the-game/player-…
MCC - world.rugby/the-game/player-…
“Concussion-Plus” in IPV. Such an important talk by @EveValera2 at the @UCT_NI #TBI #IPV @PinkConcussions
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New Research: The influence of physical exercise on negative emotions in adolescents: a meta-analysis frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #FrontiersIn #Psychiatry
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🏃♂️ SEPSIG17 🏊♀️
Sport & Exercise Psychiatry RCPsych Online Conference
Save the date 🚨
Wednesday 19 March 2025
🎾 🏏 🧗 🚴🏾 🏉 ⚽️ 🥇 🥈 🥉
Further details to follow
✍️@SportsPsychJ @SportsPsychISSP @SwissSportsPsy 🏊♀️🏃🏽🚴🏾🚣
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Extremely proud of this paper and team. 💙 We discuss the state of brain injury and implementation science, including several opportunities to advance both fields, ultimately leading to greater impact of our interventions on patient and caregiver outcomes.
Curious about the state of imp sci in TBI? Check out our new pub in @JHTRonline with a fab interdisciplinary team. Thanks @DrKateHyzak for your leadership and @AdamKinneyOT , Dmitry, Yelena, and Jenny for the collaboration! Read open access: doi.org/10.1097/htr.00000000…
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Seeking a PhD student to be involved in future ground-breaking dementia research! see more here: neuroscience.uct.ac.za/oppor…
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❗New Publication Alert - Read the full article in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation’s latest special issue here: journals.lww.com/headtraumar…
👉 Check out the TBI Clinical Practice Guideline: kite-uhn.com/brain-injury/en…
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Inspiring work in the field of Sports Psychiatry
doi.org/10.1024/2674-0052/a0…
So great that there’s a mental health parallel session at #SASMA2024! Led by @VGouttebarge with @lervasen @CandicePhysio @MaaikeEken @johanleroux13 #MentalHealthInSports #sportspsychiatry @SASMA_ZA
Let’s not forget the mental health of clinicians working in sport! Particularly among young clinicians. Important talk by @MaaikeEken
Managing athletes mental health problems - we need more treatment studies, but the best current practice nicely summarised by @johanleroux13
