2025
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2024
Speaker:
Paul Christian with Susan Ledger and Liz Tilley
Topic: Being part of history, being part of activism: Exploring the lives and experiences of Black people with learning disabilities.
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Speaker:
Mr Waseem Hawa
Topic: Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital's 2022 Suicide Prevention and Awareness Program: An example for Social Responsivity in Action
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Speakers:
Associate Professor Simone Honikman
Ms Tyla Prinsloo
Topic: The Secret History Mobile Application (SHiMA) Feasibility study: using stories to address obstetric violence
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Speakers: Prof Gail Wyatt, Prof Norweeta Milburn, and Prof Alison Hamilton
Topic: Mentoring to Dismantle Structural Racism
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Speaker: Prof Gerhard Grobler
Topic: Caring for transgender youth – what we know and don't know
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Speakers: Razaan Galiel & Nicola Hartzer
Topic: Easy-to-Read: The Golden standard for communication for and with persons with intellectual disability
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Speaker: Marguerite Holtzhausen
Topic: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in the context of the work of The Trauma Centre
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2023
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Speaker: Prof Petrus J de Vries
Topic: Towards socially responsive and contextually relevant research
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Speaker: Prof Katherine Sorsdahl
Topic: Zooming into the Division of Public Mental Health at the University of Cape Town: Capacity building, research and social responsibility
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Speaker: Dr Stacey- Leigh Lintnaar
Topic: High profile cases in Forensics: Sensationalised in the media, a burden to clinicians?
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Speaker: Ms Bernadine Bachar
Topic: Mental health challenges of women survivors of domestic violence
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Speaker: Prof John Joska
Topic: Research and Training in Behavioural Medicine: The Example of Ziphamandla?
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Speaker: Prof Linda Theron
Topic: Youth resilience to structural violence is not a DIY job
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Speaker: Mr Waseem Hawa
Topic: Child Criminal Capacity Assessment Service: Exploring the Complexity of Criminal Capacity in Children
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Speaker: Professor Åsa Hammar
Topic: Are we giving enough attention to cognitive dimensions of serious mental illness? Implications for diagnosis, treatment and relapse
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Speakers: Mrs Babalwa Tyabashe-Phume & Ms Siphesihle Zihlazi
Topic: Enabling People with Intellectual Disability to Self-Advocate
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Speaker: Dr Scott Phelps
Topic: Brains, Dreams, and Battle Scenes: A History of Insight Turned Out
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Speakers: Lori Lake & Sharon Kleintjes
Topic: Child and adolescent mental health: A catalyst for development
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2022
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Speaker: Dr's Rene Nassen, Stella Mokitimi, Simphiwe Simelane
Topic: A proposal to strengthen Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in the Western Cape
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Speaker: Cynthia Rayner
Topic: The Systems Work of Social Change: How to Harness Connection, Context, and Power to Cultivate Deep and Enduring
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Speaker: Emeritus Professor Anwar Suleman Mall
Topic: The Gut-Brain Axis: in relation to its structure, function, mucus secretion and microbiota
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Speaker: Valerie Sinason
Topic: Working with trauma in a country in trauma and a time of Covid: working through grief and loss to find resilience
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Speaker: Prof Jonathan Campion
Topic: Public mental health: the case, challenges and opportunities
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Speaker: Anusha Lachman
Topic: Infant Mental Health Practice & Education: Perspectives from South Africa
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2021
Speakers: Prof Soraya Seedat
Topic: Scars that run deep: Pervasive and pathogenic impact of trauma and PTSD
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Speakers: Dan Stein and Peter Smith
Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive-Affective Science
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Speaker: Associate Prof Marc Hendricks
Topic: Caring for children, adolescents and their families with chronic life-threatening health conditions
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Speakers: Marc Blockman, Jantina De Vries, Olivia Matshabane
Topic: Ethics in Mental Health Research
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Speakers: Lisa Dannatt, Florencia Manns Fuenzalida, Vincent Zishiri
Topic: Drug use prevention and harm reduction among youth through peer-to-peer education
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Speaker: Ingrid Daniels (CEO of Cape Mental Health)
Topic: Social welfare consequences of the COVID -19 pandemic and its impact on communities – finding some solutions
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Speaker: Emeritus Prof Colleen Adnams
Topic: Intellectual and Developmental Disability: a current international outlook
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Speaker: Prof Katherine Sorsdahl and Dr Claire van der Westhuizen
Topic: Capacity building in the Alan J. Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health: Our Past, Present & Future
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Speaker: Dr Sumaya Mall
Topic: Analysis of Traumatic Events (TE) in Rural South Africa: intersections of epidemiology and community based research
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2020
Speaker: Prof Inge Petersen
Topic: Implementing and scaling up integrated primary mental health care in the real world: Experiences from the frontlines
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Speaker: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO Director General) and others
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Speaker: Crick Lund
Topic: What Mental healthcare in South Africa should look like
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Speaker: Professor Anthony Pillay, Prof Sean Kaliski, Dr Mo Nagdee, Dr Evah Mulutsi, Dr Peter Smith, Ms Sarah Ntaka, Justice VC Saldanah
Topic: Legal and Ethical concerns regarding people with Intellectual Disability and the law
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Speaker: Dr Sean Baumann
Topic: Madness: Stories of uncertainty and hope
Short bio and overview of talk
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Speakers: Prof Bronwyn Myers & Dr Lisa Dannatt
COVID-19 and The Treatment of Substance Use Disorders, International and Local Perspectives
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Speaker: Janet Giddy
Topic: The 'unprecedented' pandemic - collateral damage
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Speaker: Nasera Cader-Makoa
Topic: Telehealth/telepsychology - psychotherapy during and after COVID-19
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Speaker: Prof Relebohile Molesane
Topic: Nothing about us without us? Ethical Dilemmas in Disseminating Participatory Research with Girls in the Context of Sexual Violence in Rural Communities
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Speaker: Prof Lori Lake
Topic: South African Child Gauge 2019
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Mental Health Aspects of the Covid-19 Crisis in Africa. Free Webinar
Speaker 1: Prof Chiwoza Bandawe
Topic: Coping with anxiety and stress related to Covid-19
Speaker 2: Prof Dixon Chibanda
Topic: Psychological and psychosocial care for people directly affected by Covid-19
Speaker 3: Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos MD, PhD
Topic: Availability and provision of essential mental health services to allow continuity of care for those in need: Lessons from Spain
Speaker 4: Dr Simone Honikman
Topic: Messages for Mothers” and other mental health responses to COVID-19 for mothers in South Africa
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Speaker: Dr Cole Goldberg
Topic: Life's about choices, exploring the everyday occupational choices of young adults with intellectual disability in a community context of South Africa
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Speaker: Dr David Rosenstein
Topic: Introduction to CBT & Exposure Therapy and the Future of CBT and EBT
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Speaker: Prof Asa Hammer
Topic: Impaired Memory after ECT - true or false?
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2019
Speaker: Prof Dixon Chibanda
Topic: The journey of the Friendship Bench: A move from research to implementation
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Event: Harm Reduction
Speakers:
Dr Goodman Sibeko
Dr Andrew Scheibe
Mr Shaun Shelley
Ms Tara Gerardy
Dr Lize Weich
Mrs Shaheema Allie
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Speaker: Dr Mariam Karjiker
Topic: Diverse models of success in academia
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Speaker: Prof Shanaaz Mathews
Topic: Child death reviews - A multi-agency approach to strengthen
healthcare and protection for children
Overview of talk and short bio
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Department Research day: Research Stories
Guest Speakers:
Associate Professor Laila Asmal
Topic: The Clinician Researcher and the Pursuit of Reward and Happiness
Dr Elona Toska
Topic: Researching Resourcefulness, Resilience and Risk: personal and professional trajectories in adolescent health research
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Speaker: Prof Roshan Galvaan and Ms Liesl Peters
Topic: Revolutionising OT practice towards contextual relevance
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Speaker: Prof Maretha de Jonge
Topic: Socially responsive research and care from the perspective of the orthopedagogy
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Speaker: Dr Tony Sam George
Topic: Bridging gaps between mental health services and client outcomes in India: The challenge of access
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Topic: Caring for Carers of Persons with Intellectual Disability
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Speaker: Prof Stephen Rollnick
Topic: Motivational interviewing in practice: Substance Use Disorders, HIV and Mental Health
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Speaker: Prof Laila Asmal
Topic: Rigidity, resilience and the self: Lessons I've learnt from Schizophrenia
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Speaker: Prof Christer Allgulander
Topic: Telepsychiatry/Video-consultation in psychiatry - pro's and con's
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2018
Speaker: Prof Pim Cuijpers
Topic: Medication or Psychotherapy in the treatment of depression? Current evidence and public health implications
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Speaker: Dr Adam Carrico
Topic: Targeting Neuroimmune Processes in Co-Occurring Methamphetamine Use and HIV
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Speaker: Prof Lies Korevaar
Topic: Supported education for student with psychosocial disabilities
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Speaker: Dr Jason Bantjes
Topic: Traditional healer talk about suicide and suicide prevention in South Africa
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Speaker:
A/Prof Katherine Sorsdahl
Prof Bronwyn Myers
Dr Tracey Naledi
Topic: 'It's everyone's responsibility' - Integrating Mental Health Counselling into Chronic Disease Services
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Speaker: Dr Tania Swart
Topic: Attachment styles in forensic populations and risk of recidivism
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Speaker: Prof Jennifer Hawkins
Topic: THE HANNAH-REEVE SANDERS LECTURE:
Affect and Problems Assessing Decisional Capacity
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Topic: Mental Health Advocacy Training
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Speaker: Prof Petrus de Vries
Topic: From Bench to Bedside to Bonteheuwel - a journey with tuberous sclerosis-associated neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND)
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Speaker: Dr Gosia Lipinska
Topic: Do sleep difficulties in PTSD contribute to memory disruption and emotional dysregulation?
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2017
Speaker: Prof. L Simbayi
Topic: HIV related stigma and discrimination
in South Africa: Theory, research and practice
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Speaker: Prof Willie Pienaar
Topic: Social media and the health care worker
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Speaker: Dr Rizwana Roomaney
Topic: Psychosocial predictors of symptoms of depression in a sample of South African women diagnosed with endometriosis
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Speaker: Dr Samantha Brooks
Topic: Repeat after me: working memory, prediction and the emergence of transient cognitive control in anorexia nervosa, versus substance use disorder for the benefit of therapeutic intervention
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Speaker: Prof Katherine Sorsdahl & Marinda Roelofse
Topic: The Teachable Moment Programme: The Road from Research to Implementation
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Speaker: Prof Jackie Hoare & Dr Nicole Phillips
Topic: The Cape Town Adolescent Antiretroviral Cohort (CTACC): Mental health, cognition and neuroimaging findings in HIV infected adolescents
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Speaker: Dr Henk Temmingh
Topic: 'Addiction and psychosis: Epistemology, diagnosis and aspects
of treatment - preliminary findings from four studies conducted at
Valkenberg and further afield'.
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Speaker: Prof Bunmi Olatunji
Topic: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Speaker: Dr Samantha Brooks
Topic: Repeat after me: working memory, prediction and the emergence
of transient cognitive control in anorexia nervosa vs substance use disorder
for the benefit of therapeutic intervention
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Speaker: Dr John Parker
Topic: Climate change and mental health in South Africa - What can we expect?
What can we do?
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Speaker: Associate Prof Catherine Ward & Inge Wessels
Topic: Implementing parenting programmes for violence prevention
in low- and middle income countries: the case of the
Sinovuyo Caring Families Programme for parents of children aged 2-9
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Speaker: Prof Tuviah Zabow
Topic: Ethical and Legal issues of Psychiatry and the Media
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Speaker: Dr Abdul Kader Domingo
Topic: An update on Cannabis and the Endocannabinoid System
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Speaker: Dr Lena Jelinek
Topic: Metacognitive training: Administration and new results
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Speaker: Dr Simon Howells
Topic: Wie's tjy en waarvan kom tjy:
Gangsterism in the post-apartheid milieu
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2016
Speaker: Prof Oye Gureje
Topic: Classification of Mental Disorders in the Contect of Global Mental Health
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Speakers: Dr Lena Andersen, Dr Adele Marais, Corne Robertson
Topic: Psycho-therapy research in the HIV
Mental Health Research Unit
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Facilitators: Prof Dan Stein, Prof Sharon Kleintjes, Dr John Parker
Topic: Transformation Conversations in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Mental Health: Next Steps
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Speaker: Dr Jennifer Creek (international speaker)
Topic: Professional reasoning: applications in
mental health practices
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Speaker: Gabriella Kelly
Topic: Contested notions of disablement and
deservingness in disability grant assessment in SA
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Speaker: Dr Ashley Robbins
Topic: Reflections on my 51 years in clinical psycho-pharmacology
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Speaker: Dr Faadiel Williams
Topic: Update and reflections from the
Division of Public Mental Health
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Speaker: Prof Crick Lund
Topic: Findings from the Emerald study
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Speaker: Prof Juliana Claassens
Topic: Resisting the Violence of Rape: The Role of Biblical Rape
Narratives in Transforming a Rape Culture
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Speaker: Dr Gary Collins
Topic: New York court mandated outpatient behavioural treatment
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Speaker: Dr Charlotte Capri
Topic: Residents’ voices raise implications for ethics of care
on adult psychiatric intellectual disability wards
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Speaker: Michael Onah
Topic: Perinatal suicidal ideation and behaviour: Psychiatry
and adversity
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Speaker: Prof Sean Kaliski
Topic: The Psychopath in SA: From Antihero to Zero
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Speaker: Dr Deirdre Pieterse
Topic: Scars run deep: A review of factitious disorder
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Speaker: Amanda Kottler
Topic: The psychology of being human:
Kohut's twinship studies
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Speaker: Prof Rob Kaplan
Topic: Encephalitis Lethargica: Natures dangerous experiment
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Speaker: Dr Eileen Thomas
Topic: Frozen - just let it go - a case discussion of pelvic
inflammatory disease and chronic pain
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Speaker: Dr Lisa Dannatt
Topic: Defeating the Dragon: experiences from an
Opiate Substitution Treatment Service
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Speaker: Dr Henk Temmingh
Topic: Psychosis and addiction moving from
evidence-synthesis to service development
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Speaker: Dr Taryn van Niekerk
Topic: Social Representations of intimate partner violence and gender
in Cape Town
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Speaker: A/Prof Sally Swartz
Topic: Homeless Wanderers: Movement and Mental Illness
in the Cape Colony in the nineteenth Century
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Speaker: Prof Perminder Sachdev
Topic: Can we prevent dementia? Examining the evidence
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