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FACULTY OF health scienceS
addition, the Division offers a two-year M. Phil. (Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry) degree, which leads to registration as
a sub-specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with the
Health Professions Council of SA. In addition, staff members
in the Division supervise candidates for postgraduate degrees
such as Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Research interests
include adolescent and infant mental health, autism and
ADHD, community mental health services research and
behavioural manifestations of HIV infection.
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Associate Professor
1
Senior Lecturers
4
Lecturers
2
Emeritus Professor
1
Honorary staff
3
Total
11
Students
Master’s
1
Registrars Junior
2
Registrars Senior
2
Total
5
*MBChB students rotate through the Division
Research Fields and Staff
Dr Wendy Vogel:
Lecturer; ADHD and autism and service delivery.
Brian Robertson
Emeritus Professor; child and adolescent psychiatric
epidemiology; impact of violence on children; development
of community mental health services; integration of mental
health services at primary care level; youthful perpetrators
of violent crime; cultural psychiatry and indigenous healers.
Astrid Berg
Associate Professor; Senior lecturer and consultant,
analytic psychotherapy; infant mental health; culture and
mental health.
Rod Anderson
Senior Lecturer; analytic psychotherapy.
Willem de Jager
Senior Lecturer: Parent-child relational problems
Nic Shortall
Senior Lecturer; psycho social sequelae of chronic physical
illness and medical student training / assessment.
Jon Yako
Senior lecturer; Cross-Cultural ChildDevelopment; Personality
& Identity; Family Intervention Research, Social Psychology
Marian Campbell
Senior Lecturer: The relationship between developmental
and attachment theories and theory of mind leading to
the ability in children and adolescents to symbolize and
develop reflective functions.
Contact Details
Postal Address: Division of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red
Cross Children’s Hospital, 46 Sawkins Road, Mowbray,
7700
Tel: +27 21 685 4103
Fax: +27 21 685 4107
Web: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ich
UCT General enquiries: +27 21 650 9111
UCT web: http://www.uct.ac.za
Please refer to the Psychiatry and Mental Health Research
Report for publications by members of the Division: Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Child Health Unit
Director: Rotating Acting Head
The Child Health Unit’s missionis to contribute to promoting
equity in child health. The core business of the Unit
is directed at children’s public health and community-
oriented child health promotion, protection, care and
rehabilitation.
The target of the Unit’s endeavours is those areas, which
have a strong children’s public health and interdisciplinary
focus, viz. child development and disability, community
nutrition, infectious diseases and health policy and service
development. The Unit has close links with the Children’s
Institute.
Permanent and long-term contract staff
Associate Professor
1
Emeritus Professor
1
Senior Lecturers
1
Administrative staff
1
Total
4
Students
Postgraduate Senior Registrars
4
Total
4