Corrigendum: Dangers of food poisoning in psychiatric patients.

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ICD-11 Paraphilic Disorders: A South African Analysis of Its Utility in the Medico-Legal Context.

Background: In an effort to improve the clinical utility of the ICD-10, the WHO Working Group on the Classification of Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health recommended a new classification of Paraphilic Disorders in the ICD-11 to replace the ICD-10 section on Disorders of Sexual Preference. The proposed classification may have different implications for different countries.

Aim: To examine South African national laws and policies, within which Paraphilic Disorders are encountered, and to assess the implications of the new classification.

Dangers of food poisoning in psychiatric patients.

food poisoning can be fatal in patients with chronic constipation. We report the investigation and management of a probable outbreak of food poisoning among psychiatric patients in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2013.

Mental health and the law: a South African perspective.

Mental health law in South Africa has been dominated in recent times by the Mental Health Care Act 2002. This paper provides selective insights into specific aspects of that Act and highlights its impact on clinical practice within a broad clinical setting and in so doing suggests areas for review and revision.

Contribution of ethnic group and socioeconomic status to degree of disability in rheumatoid arthritis in Chilean patients.

The aim of this study was to estimate the contributions of ethnic group and socioeconomic status as social determinants related to disability and disease activity in Chilean Mapuche and non-Mapuche patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Descriptive cross-sectional study with a stratified hospital-based sample of 189 patients in treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. We assessed disability as categorical variable with the Health Assessment Questionnaire, disease activity with the Disease Activity Score instrument, and socioeconomic status with a standard questionnaire used by the Chilean government.