Journal of Psychiatry

Editorial

Are we slaves to DSM? A South African perspective

• JK Burns, O Alonso-Betancourt

News and Views

Conflict of interest: The elephant in your practice

• S Kaliski

Research Article

Organising for self-advocacy in mental health: Experiences from seven African countries

• S Kleintjes, C Lund, L Swartz

Research Letter

High-intent suicide and the Beck’s Suicide Intent scale: a case report

• Z Erkol, N Canturk, H Oguz, H Ince, B Buken, G Gorucu

Research Letter

Stabbing nails into the neck: an unusual self-damaging behavior mandating neurosurgery

• A Aghabiklooei, R Hashemi, N Zamani

Research Letter

Autonomic nervous system status and responsiveness and the levels of anxiety in a normal population

• M Viljoen, N Claassen, I Mare

Review Article

Neurosurgery for mental disorders: a review

• A Heeramun-Aubeeluck, Z Lu

Research Article

Attitude towards psychiatric treatment and referral pattern in the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital- A preliminary report

• MA Wakil, IW Abdul, MS Jidda, OBeida, A Ahidjo, FK Salawu, JO Abdulmalik

Research Article

The attitudes of clergy in Benin City, Nigeria towards persons with mental illness

• NG Igbinomwanhia, BO James, JO Omoaregba

Research Article

Differences in the association between childhood trauma and BMI in black and white South African women

• JH Goedecke, J Forbes, DJ Stein

Research Article

The correlates of stress, coping styles and psychiatric morbidity in the first year of medical education at a Nigerian University

• AD Yussuf, BA Issa, PO Ajiboye, OIN Buhari

Expert Review

Life of Pi

• Franco P. Visser

Expert Review

A Piece of Me Died Too........... When the Ones we Love are Taken from Us

• Ryan G. Edmonds