South African Psychiatry - November 2018

NEWS
GROUND-BREAKING NEUROSCIENCE CENTRE
A breaking-ground ceremony was held on 12 th June
2018 for the new Neuroscience Centre. The centre
will be an interdisciplinary research and clinical
space to study and treat mental and neurological
disorders in South Africa. The centre will be the
physical home of the newly established UCT
Neuroscience Institute, as well as the Groote
Schuur Hospital Clinical Neuroscience Centre,
where researchers and clinicians will work together
to treat brain and nervous system disorders that
burden South Africa.
The institute will encompass key neuroscience
disciplines, a neurosurgical innovation and skills
laboratory, a human tissues repository and attached
laboratory, a state-of-the-art lecture theatre and
other communal spaces, as well as direct access to
the Cape University Body Imaging Centre (CUBIC).
Construction of the Neuroscience Centre will be
completed in September 2019.
(From Right): Prof John Joska, Dr Fleur Howells, Dr Ian Lewis, Prof Dan Stein Prof
Sharon Kleintjes at the ceremony.
The department has played a key role in establishing
multi-disciplinary clinics and research in the brainbehaviour
arena at Groote Schuur Hospital and
elsewhere, and the NI represents an exciting
opportunity to further this work.
Source article: http://www.psychiatry.uct.ac.za/
news/ground-breaking-neuroscience-centre
VICE CHANCELLOR’S INAUGURAL LECTURE
Congratulations to Prof Crick Lund on his Vice
Chancellor’s Inaugural Lecture on 23 May 2018.
Prof and his collaborators’ work has played a key
role in thinking through not only our local clinical
services, but also those in many other countries.
These lectures are truly wonderful occasions; they
provide a snapshot of a lifetime of work, and they
celebrate an individual and his/her team. Our
Division of Public Mental Health is proud to have
had Prof Lund at its helm
For more see http://www.psychiatry.uct.ac.za/
news/making-case-investing-mental-health-0
DIVISIONS OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY STUDIES
The Division of Intellectual Disability coconvened
a one day seminar with UCT’s
Division of Disability Studies, hosting a
delegation from the American Association
on Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (AAIDD) at a symposium on
2 nd October 2018. The theme “Changing
the paradigm: Enabling Participation
and meaningful lives for people with
Intellectual Disability” was highlighted
through presentations from a wide
array of stakeholders, including selfadvocates
and caregivers, NGOs, health
practitioners, managers and academics.
Conceptualised through a framework of
empowerment, each session’s presenters
spoke to the ideas of social transformation,
Session presenters engaging in discussions with audience. Left to Right: Prof Colleen Adnams,
Prof Judith McKenzie, Prof Sharon Kleintjes, Dr Charlotte Capri, Joachim Busch, Bernd Frauendorf,
Ulrich Nieholl (behind), Carol Bosch and Shavonne Samaai.
citizen support and agency in community. The symposium discussions generated key points to consider
in research and practice aimed at advancing the full inclusion of persons with Intellectual Disability in all
aspects of society.
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