FW Hickling

Shakatani: The Phenomenology of Personality Disorder in Jamaican Patients

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 5: Personality Disorders - June (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2012.333

Pages:

397–404

Synopsis:

The distribution and clinically significant patterns of the phenomenology of a naturalistic case-controlled private practice displayed symptoms of a ‘clinical triad’ of power management, dependency and psychosexual issues. This phenomenological approach has been called Shakatani - from the Swahili words shaka (problem) and tani (power), and is suggested to be an Axis I replacement for the four-cluster Axis II classification of the DSM-IV personality disorder.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine the distribution and clinically significant patterns of the phenomenology of a cohort of Jamaican patients with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Axis II diagnosis of personality disorder and to clarify the conventional diagnostic deficiencies of DSMbased personality disorder categories.

Received:

19 Dec, 2012

Accepted:

22 Apr, 2013

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Original Articles

Keywords:

Shakatani

phenomenology

DSM-IV Axis I and II personality disorder

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e-Published: 26 Aug, 2013

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A View of Personality Disorder from the Colonial Periphery

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 5: Personality Disorders - June (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2013.122

Pages:

383–8

Synopsis:

The literature outlining the development and classification of personality disorder is reviewed in order to examine the history of this condition in the context of contemporary post-colonial Jamaican society.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To examine the history of personality disorder in the context of contemporary post-colonial Jamaican society.

Received:

16 Apr, 2013

Accepted:

22 Dec, 2013

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Keywords:

personality disorder

post-colonial Jamaica

Shakatani

homicide

transgressive behaviour

Journal Authors:

FW Hickling

G Walcott

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The Creation and Validation of the Jamaican Personality Disorder Inventory

Issue:

Vol 62, Issue 5: Personality Disorders - June (2013)

DOI:

10.7727/wimj.2013.211

Pages:

389–96

Synopsis:

The creation and validation of the 38-question Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory (JPDI) screening questionnaire for the diagnosis of personality disorder piloted on patients from psychiatric and medical wards at the University Hospital of the West Indies is described.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To describe the creation and validation of the Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory (JPDI) screening questionnaire.

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Keywords:

personality disorder

Jamaica Personality Disorder Inventory (JPDI)

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Caribbean Contributions to Contemporary Psychiatric Psychopathology

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

442–6

Synopsis:

The burgeoning migration of Caribbean people to England in the twentieth century resulted in high reported rates of psychosis for this migrant population. Caribbean research has revealed the existence of hostile racial and environmental challenges in Britain as the primary cause of this condition. These findings have significantly shifted the pendulum of understanding of the aetiology of psychosis from a genetic to a biopsychosocial position.

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Aetiology of psychosis in Caribbean migrants

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e-Published: 21 Aug, 2013

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Decolonization of Psychiatric Public Policy in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 61, issue 4 (2012) - Special Issue on Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago 50 years Independence

Pages:

437–41

Synopsis:

Jamaica’s political independence from Britain triggered the development of a community engagement mental health that has negated involuntary certification, promoted treatment in primary health facilities and promoted reliance on traditional and cultural therapies.

ABSTRACT

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Keywords:

Community mental health

involuntary certification

mental health integration into primary healthcare

Journal Authors:

FW Hickling

RC Gibson

e-Published: 21 Aug, 2013

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Changing the Research Culture at the Section of Psychiatry, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Issue:

Vol 56, Issue 2 (2007)

Pages:

171–7

Synopsis:

A significant increase in research output followed the implementation of research meetings as well as team building and project management strategies, all aimed at strengthening research activities in a section of a university department.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To compare the medical research output of the Section of Psychiatry, The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, before and after the implementation of strategies aimed at stimulating research.

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Changing Research Culture

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e-Published: 01 Jul, 2013

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Depression: A Major Public Health Problem Facing the Caribbean

Issue:

Vol 54, Issues 6 (2005)

Pages:

353–4

INTRODUCTION

Epidemiological studies indicate that depression is a common disorder worldwide (1, 2). Estimates of the lifetime prevalence for this disorder range from 5–17% of the population in the USA (3–4). However a MEDLINE trawl of two hundred and seventy-five publications on mental health issues in Caribbean people revealed a paucity of written material on depression in the region.

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e-Published: 06 Jun, 2013

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A Comparison of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination Results across Campuses of The University of the West Indies (2001 and 2002)

Issue:

Vol 54, Issues 2 (2005)

Pages:

139–143

Synopsis:

This study assesses the performance of medical students in the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) of the final MBBS examination across the four campuses of The University of the West Indies, (2001 and 2002). The OSCE scores in the medicine and therapeutics examination are generally uniform across all campuses of the University.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To compare the performance of medical students in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) of the final MBBS Examination across the four campuses of The University of the West Indies, over a two-year period.

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The University of the West Indies (2001 and 2002)

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