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Psychology student wins International Congress of Psychology PsySSA/Discovery student presentation award
Tracey Feltham-King, a PhD student in the Psychology Department, won the PsySSA/Discovery student presentation award at the International Congress of Psychology held in Cape Town from 22 to 27 July. This congress, held every four years, attracted in the region of 5 500 psychologists from around the globe. Ms Feltham-King’s presentation, entitled ‘The significance of gender in the abortion debate as represented in the South African newsprint media from 1978 to 2005’, drew off research conducted within the ambit of the Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction research programme in which Rhodes was awarded a SARCHI chair earlier this year.
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Prof Michael Guilfoyle's work included in Critical Psychology collection
Prof Michael Guilfoyle's paper, "From Therapeutic Power to Resistance? Therapy and Cultural Hegemony", has been recognised by Ian Parker, and included in a four volume work entitled "Critical Psychology". This collection, which includes the work of such authors as Michel Foucault, Rom Harre, Michael White, and Judith Butler,
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Dr Charles Young won scholarship to attend workshop at the Beck Institute, Philadelphia.
Dr Charles Young has won a scholarship to attend a three-day workshop in cognitive psychotherapy for faculty and students at the Beck Institute in Philadelphia. The Beck Institute for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, a non-profit organisation, is an international Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) training and resource centre.
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21May
Prof Melvyn Freeman : Mental Health in South Africa – A Luta continua
Prof Melvyn Freeman, the 2013 recipient of the Department of Psychology’s social change award, entitled the public lecture he presented at the award event, ‘Towards better Mental Health in South Africa – A Luta continua’ (the struggle continues). Having devoted most of his working life to creating the conditions for better mental health services in South Africa, the struggle slogan has resonance for Prof Freeman. “I’m pretty sure of the first part [of the slogan]”, he says, “though not too sure about the second [‘vitória é certa’ (victory is certain)]”. The Social Change award was initiated by the Psychology Department in 2008. In this event the department honours prominent members of the Psychology community in South Africa for their contribution to social change in the country. Introducing Prof Freeman, Prof Macleod emphasized his sustained dedication to mental health in South Africa, evidenced in: his co-founding and being inaugural chairperson of the Organisation for Appropriate Social Services in South Africa (OASSSA) in 1983; his policy and programme work as Director (Mental health and Substance Abuse) and Chief Director (Non-communicable diseases) in the National Department of Health(including being chief drafter and co-ordinator of Mental Health Care Act, which was passed by parliament in 2002), and as consultant to the World Health Organisation; and his research and academic work that has shifted thinking in the mental health arena. ... More
20JunProf Cheryl de la Rey calls for a new approach in Psychology
Debating the nature and role of psychology in South Africa’s Higher Education Institutions and society more broadly, Professor Cheryl de la Rey, called for a new approach to the discipline which would be better suited to addressing the challenges experienced by millions of South Africans. ... More
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