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qualifications: BSc(Occupational Therapy), MSc(Occupational Therapy), PhD(Occupational Therapy)
position: Senior Lecturer
department: Occupational therapy
Dr. Olindah Silaule is a senior lecturer in the Division of Occupational Therapy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She earned her Master's and PhD in occupational therapy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Her research focuses on community mental health, caregiver support in mental health, and routine outcome measurement in mental health rehabilitation. Her research aims to strengthen the quality and efficiency of mental health services within communities, including caregiver support, particularly in low-resource settings. Her PhD findings informed the development of a multilevel conceptual framework for alleviating caregiver burden in low-resourced settings with strategies at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy levels. She currently lectures in mental health within occupational therapy at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and supervises research projects on various topics within the field of mental health. Additionally, she serves as an executive committee member of Rural Rehab South Africa (RuReSA), where she chairs the research portfolio.
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Original Research 2 June 2023
Extent of caregiver burden among informal caregivers of persons with severe mental disorders in rural South Africa
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