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Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

2010-03-01 to present | Associate Professor (Psychhology)
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Chrisma Pretorius

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Functional seizure semiology and classification in a public and private hospital

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2024.09.020
Contributors: Gabriele Vilyte; James Butler; Victoria Ives-Deliperi; Chrisma Pretorius
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Medical and psychiatric comorbidities, somatic and cognitive symptoms, injuries and medical procedure history in patients with functional seizures from a public and a private hospital

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2024.06.001
Contributors: Gabriele Vilyte; James Butler; Victoria Ives-Deliperi; Chrisma Pretorius
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Giving voice to the voiceless: Understanding the perceived needs of dementia family carers in Soweto, a South African township

Dementia
2024-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/14713012241234155
Contributors: Aqeela Mahomed; Chrisma Pretorius
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In response: Diagnosing functional seizures with a single video-EEG may miss epileptic seizures

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
2024-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2024.04.016
Contributors: Gabriele Vilyte; James Butler; Victoria Ives-Deliperi; Chrisma Pretorius
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Medication use in patients with functional seizures from a public and a private hospital

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2024.02.017
Contributors: Gabriele Vilyte; James Butler; Victoria Ives-Deliperi; Chrisma Pretorius
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Healthcare providers’ perspectives on stigma when working with people with functional seizures

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.10.002
Contributors: Tresan Samuels; Chrisma Pretorius
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Prevalence and comparison of psychological trauma and stressors in functional seizure patients from a public and private hospital

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.10.001
Contributors: Gabriele Vilyte; James Butler; Chrisma Pretorius
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Up-Close and Personal: Conceptualizing the Self as Dementia Caregiver: a Study in Soweto, South Africa

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-022-09460-4
Contributors: Aqeela Mahomed; Chrisma Pretorius
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Exploring the contextual factors that impact the dementia family caregiving experience in Soweto township, South Africa

Dementia
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/14713012221117905
Contributors: Aqeela Mahomed; Chrisma Pretorius
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Understanding the lived experiences of family caregivers of individuals with dementia in Soweto, a South African Township

Dementia
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/14713012221118441
Contributors: Aqeela Mahomed; Chrisma Pretorius
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Stigma in functional seizures: A scoping review

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2022.05.016
Contributors: Maria Annandale; Gabriele Vilyte; Chrisma Pretorius
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Opportunities and challenges: a case for formal peer support work in mental health in a South African context

Advances in Mental Health
2022-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/18387357.2022.2032776
Contributors: Anneliese de Wet; Charlene Sunkel; Chrisma Pretorius
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Perceptions and understanding of mental health recovery for service users, carers, and service providers: A South African perspective.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
2021-06-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/prj0000460
Contributors: Anneliese de Wet; Chrisma Pretorius
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Complementary and alternative medicine in epilepsy: A global survey of physicians’ opinions

Epilepsy & Behavior
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107835
Contributors: Ali A. Asadi-Pooya; Francesco Brigo; Simona Lattanzi; Ioannis Karakis; Marjan Asadollahi; Eugen Trinka; Lobna Talaat El Ghoneimy; Chrisma Pretorius; Guilca Contreras; Anilu Daza-Restrepo et al.
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Social aspects of life in patients with functional seizures: Closing the gap in the biopsychosocial formulation

Epilepsy & Behavior
2021-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107903
Contributors: Ali A. Asadi-Pooya; Francesco Brigo; Kasia Kozlowska; David L. Perez; Chrisma Pretorius; Tyson Sawchuk; Aneeta Saxena; Benjamin Tolchin; Kette D. Valente
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Availability and utilization of support services for South African male caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease in low-income communities

Dementia
2021-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1471301220909281
Contributors: Aqeela Mahomed; Chrisma Pretorius
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Driving a motor vehicle and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: ILAE Report by the Task Force on Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Epilepsia Open
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12408
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2-s2.0-85086168057

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24709239
Contributors: Asadi-Pooya, A.A.; Nicholson, T.R.; Pick, S.; Baslet, G.; Benbadis, S.R.; Beghi, M.; Brigo, F.; Buchhalter, J.; D'Alessio, L.; Dworetzky, B. et al.
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The male familial caregiver experience of caring for persons with Alzheimer’s disease from low socio-economic status: A South African perspective

Dementia
2020-04-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1471301218781372
Contributors: Abeedah Hendricks-Lalla; Chrisma Pretorius
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Management of uncertainty in the diagnosis communication of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in a South African context

Epilepsy and Behavior
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.06.009
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2-s2.0-85068532622

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15255069 15255050
Contributors: Fouché, M.; Hartwig, L.; Pretorius, C.
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The aetiology of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: risk factors and comorbidities

Epileptic Disorders
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2019.1107
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2-s2.0-85077223719

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19506945 12949361
Contributors: Popkirov, S.; Asadi-Pooya, A.A.; Duncan, R.; Gigineishvili, D.; Hingray, C.; Miguel Kanner, A.; LaFrance, W.C.; Pretorius, C.; Reuber, M.
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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Comparing what South African healthcare providers communicate to patients at the point of diagnosis against international guidelines

Epilepsy & Behavior
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.06.042
Contributors: Louise Hartwig; Chrisma Pretorius
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Personality traits, illness behaviors, and psychiatric comorbidity in individuals with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), epilepsy, and other nonepileptic seizures (oNES): Differentiating between the conditions

Epilepsy & Behavior
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.05.043
Contributors: Gabriele Vilyte; Chrisma Pretorius
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Diagnostic accuracy of the Molteno Adapted Scale for developmental delay in South African toddlers

Paediatrics and International Child Health
2019-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/20469047.2018.1528754
Contributors: Ingrid Honeth; Barbara Laughton; Priscilla E. Springer; Mark Fredric Cotton; Chrisma Pretorius
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Access to diagnostic and therapeutic facilities for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: An international survey by the ILAE PNES Task Force

Epilepsia
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13952
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2-s2.0-85034230095
Contributors: Hingray, C.; El-Hage, W.; Duncan, R.; Gigineishvili, D.; Kanemoto, K.; LaFrance, W.C.; de Marinis, A.; Paul, R.; Pretorius, C.; Téllez-Zenteno, J.F. et al.
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Health related quality of life of people with non-epileptic seizures: The role of socio-demographic characteristics and stigma

Seizure
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.01.001
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2-s2.0-85041386167

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15322688 10591311
Contributors: Robson, C.; Myers, L.; Pretorius, C.; Lian, O.S.; Reuber, M.
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Seizures in Namibia: A study of traditional health practitioners

Epilepsia Open
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12240
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2-s2.0-85063922737

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24709239
Contributors: du Toit, A.; Pretorius, C.
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Diagnostic and treatment practices for psychogenic nonepileptic and epileptic seizures in Namibia

Epilepsy & Behavior
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.03.005
Contributors: Anina du Toit; Chrisma Pretorius
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Barriers and Facilitators to Caring for a Child with Cerebral Palsy in Rural Communities of the Western Cape, South Africa

Child Care in Practice
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2017.1347146
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2-s2.0-85025810814
Contributors: Pretorius, C.; Steadman, J.
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Erratum to “Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Namibian healthcare providers’ perceptions and frustrations’’ (Seizure (2017) 50 (43–52) (S1059131117302935) (10.1016/j.seizure.2017.06.004))

Seizure
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.10.012
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2-s2.0-85031745451
Contributors: du Toit, A.; Pretorius, C.
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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: Namibian healthcare providers’ perceptions and frustrations

Seizure
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.06.004
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2-s2.0-85020475641
Contributors: du, A.; Toit; Pretorius, C.
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Barriers and facilitators to reaching a diagnosis of PNES from the patients' perspective: Preliminary findings

Seizure
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.03.007
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2-s2.0-84962004111
Contributors: Pretorius, C.
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Chrisma Pretorius via Scopus - Elsevier

Die ervaring van aktiewe betrokkenheid by'n aanlyn Facebook-ondersteuningsgroep as'n vorm van ondersteuning vir individue wat met Meervoudige Sklerose gediagnoseer is: navorsings-en oorsigartikels

Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe
2016 | Journal article
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Chrisma Pretorius

The experience of active involvement in an online Facebook support group, as a form of support for individuals who are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis | Die ervaring van aktiewe betrokkenheid by 'n aanlyn Facebook-ondersteuningsgroep as 'n vorm van ondersteuning vir individue wat met Meervoudige Sklerose gediagnoseer is

Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17159/2224-7912/2016/v56n3a6
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2-s2.0-84992348113
Contributors: Pretorius, C.
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Cognitive rehabilitation groups: A thematic analysis of feasibility and perceived benefits for clients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury living in the Western Cape

African Journal of Disability
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v4i1.175
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WOS:000421495100019
Contributors: Wilson, Abigail; Wills, Peta; Pretorius, Chrisma; Swartz, Leslie
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EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF INDIVIDUALS DURING THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS OF PSYCHOGENIC NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES (PNES)

Epilepsia
2015 | Journal article
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WOS:000365756500481
Contributors: Pretorius, C.; Farrow, L.
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Initial experiences of family caregivers of survivors of a traumatic brain injury

African Journal of Disability
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v4i1.165
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WOS:000421495100014
Contributors: Broodryk, Mandi; Pretorius, Chrisma
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People with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: A South African perspective

African Journal of Disability
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v4i1.176
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WOS:000421495100020
Contributors: Pretorius, Chrisma; Cronje, Gretha
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The applicability of the metacognitive model of worry and generalized anxiety disorder in a non-clinical multi-ethnic sample of university students

South African Journal of Psychology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0081246314567890
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WOS:000354442500009
Contributors: Pretorius, Chrisma; Walker, Stephen P.; Esterhuyse, Karel G.
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Life after being diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES): A South African perspective

Seizure
2015-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.05.008
Contributors: Chrisma Pretorius; Melissa Sparrow
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The caregiver experience: a South African perspective on caring for people with multiple sclerosis

Journal of Psychology in Africa
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2014.980623
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WOS:000349471600008
Contributors: du Plooy, Daniel R.; Pretorius, Chrisma
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The experiences of individuals with Multiple Sclerosis in the Western Cape, South Africa

Health SA Gesondheid
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4102/hsag.v19i1.756
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2-s2.0-84899131700
Contributors: Pretorius, C.; Joubert, N.
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The impact of an online Facebook support group for people with multiple sclerosis on non-active users.

African journal of disability
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v3i1.132
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MEDLINE:28730005
Contributors: Steadman, Jacqui; Pretorius, Chrisma
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Coping Styles and Quality of Life in Patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES): A South African Perspective

Neurology
2013 | Journal article
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WOS:000332068603272
Contributors: Cronje, Gretha; Pretorius, Chrisma
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Misconceptions about traumatic brain injuries among South African university students

South African Journal of Psychiatry
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7196/SAJP.436
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WOS:000325231800004
Contributors: Pretorius, C.; Broodryk, M.
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The coping styles and health-related quality of life of South African patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.045
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2-s2.0-84888040269
Contributors: Cronje, G.; Pretorius, C.
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Clinical training in South Africa

International Journal of Psychology
2012 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000307377706392
Contributors: Kagee, Ashraf; Bantjes, Jason; Pretorius, Chrisma
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Misconceptions about traumatic brain injuries among university students

International Journal of Psychology
2012 | Journal article
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WOS:000307377705604
Contributors: Pretorius, Chrisma; Broodryk, Mandi
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Coping responses as predictors of satisfaction with life amongst a group of patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus

Health SA Gesondheid (Online)
2010 | Journal article
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SCIELO:S2071-97362010000100018
Contributors: Pretorius, Chrisma; Walker, Stephen P.; Esterhuyse, Karel G.F.
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Dementia in low and middle income countries: The need for research and advocacy

Dementia
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209350290
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2-s2.0-75649114602
Contributors: van der Poel, R.; Pretorius, C.
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Sense of coherence amongst male caregivers in dementia: A South African perspective

Dementia
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1471301208099046
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2-s2.0-59649103398
Contributors: Pretorius, C.; Walker, S.; Heyns, P.M.
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