Journal of Psychiatry

A Kagee

Biography

Kagee received his PhD in Counselling Psychology from Ball State University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a Masters degree in Public Health at the University of Cape Town. His work is broadly located at the nexus of psychology and public health and is specifically focused on mental health among persons living with HIV and psychological and structural factors influencing adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). His work currently involves training patient advocates in providing psychosocial support to ART and in testing models of problem solving aimed at helping patients overcome structural barriers to ART adherence. His other interests include stress and trauma, mental health and chronic illness, and evidence-based practice and scientific thinking in psychology. Kagee A. (2013). Training lay counsellors to provide psychosocial support to ART users: successes and failures. AIDS care 25(4):496-502. Kagee A. (2012). Addressing psychosocial problems among persons living with HIV. African journal of psychiatry 15(6):424-6. Evangeli M, Kafaar Z, Kagee A, Swartz L, Bullemor-Day P, et al. (2013). Does message framing predict willingness to participate in a hypothetical HIV vaccine trial: an application of Prospect Theory. AIDS care 25(7):910-4. Nel A, Kagee A. (2013). The relationship between depression, anxiety and medication adherence among patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in South Africa. AIDS care 25(8):948-55. Kagee A, Le Roux M. (2009). Person-centred counselling to ameliorate symptoms of psychological distress among South African patients living with hypertension and diabetes: Results of an intervention study. South African Family Practice 51(3):206-210.

Research Interest

His interests include stress and trauma, mental health and chronic illness, and evidence-based practice and scientific thinking in psychology.