A5043907124- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Foreign Language Teaching Methods
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Social Representations and Identity
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Psycholinguistics and Behavioral Studies
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Socioeconomic Development in MENA
- Educational Methods and Teacher Development
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
University Hospital St. Ivan Rilski
2021-2024
Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre
2020
University of the Witwatersrand
2017-2020
IIE MSA
2011-2017
Monash University
2012
The Vygotskyan sociocultural approach to human development and cognition marked a new direction in psychology created new, distinctive avenues for exploring fundamental matters of the mind. complexity, diversity, multilayered meaning Vygotsky's formulations have history triggered scholastic debate, which has focused on clarification, implications, extension core explanatory constructs his framework—mediation internalization. aim this review is offer contemporary logico-semantic rereading...
Human ontogeny entails the construction and use of semiotic mediational means to regulate psychological functions intrapersonally interpersonally. In Vygotskyan school thought, speech is regarded as both a mediatory tool mediated higher mental function and, such, considered central development children's cognition. Grounded in Vygotsky's work on an instrument this study examined dynamics verbal mediation problem solving with specific focus social, private inner speech. The investigated...
<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> The aim of this study was to present a novel technique for subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) implantation under general anesthesia by using intraoperative motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) through direct lead and determining their correlation the thresholds postoperative stimulation-induced side effects. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> This included 22 consecutive patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease...
This study investigated the personal, career and learning skill needs of first-year university students, their preferred counselling sources, compared South African international students. Respondents completed a structured questionnaire ( N = 567) with more than half reporting moderate to high need for assistance concerns. Women had significantly greater bulk listed concerns men. International students were particularly concerned about xenophobia. These results may assist administrators...
Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly impedes, especially at its advanced stages, the health-related quality of life (QoL) patients. The questionnaire (PDQ-39) is a widely-used measure assessing impact on patients' QoL. To date, reliability PDQ-39 has not been selectively evaluated for patients particular delineated stage PD progression. Against this backdrop, study aimed firstly to evaluate comprehensively internal consistency and constituent scales specifically stages who were candidates...
Abstract Background Patient’s account of personal experiences having lived through coronavirus disease 2019 is important for understanding the magnitude debilitating impact infection. There increasing recognition that infection impedes multiple functional domains, but to date evidence remains scarce. Moreover, author’s knowledge, there are no documented cases reporting on research data derived from self-reflective first-person experience. Case presentation The patient was a 59-year-old...