Summary of activities in the Division

Clinical

• Assessment of accused referred by the courts in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Act
• Rehabilitation and risk management of state patients

Teaching & Learning
The Service has similar teaching & training responsibilities to other units at the Valkenberg site.

Research

• Femicide
• Family murder
• Female offenders
• Risk and recovery

Base:

VALKENBERG HOSPITAL 

• Observation service
• Maximum secure ward
• Medium secure ward 
• Low secure ward

LENTEGEUR HOSPITAL

• Female medium secure ward
• 4 medium secure wards

ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL

• Medium secure ward

STAFF IN THE DIVISION
FULL-TIME STAFF 

• Dr N Dyakalashe MBChB(WSU), FCPsych(SA), Cert Forensic Psychiatry(SA), MPhil (Forensic Psychiatry) UCT
• Dr J Bouwer MBChB (Pret), FCPsych(SA), MMed(Psych) Wits
• Dr S Lintnaar MBChB (UCT), FCPsych(SA), MMed(Psych) Wits
• Dr C Farmer MBChB (Stell), FCPsych(SA), MMed(Psych) Stell
• Ms H Shannon MA (Clin Psych) Unisa

HONORARY STAFF
A/Prof Sean Kaliski BA (Wits) MBBCh(Wits) MMed (UCT) PhD (UCT) FCPsych (SA)

PROVINCIAL STAFF LINKED TO THE DIVISION

• 2 Social Workers
• 2 Occupational therapists
• 2 OT Assistants 
• 70 Nursing staff 

Post Graduate Students in the Division
M.Med Students:

• Dr Tyhala MBChB Stell