Psychiatrists
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MBChB (Natal), DMH (SA), FCPsych (SA)
HPCSA reg. no. MP0555746
Dr Jow’hara Chundra is a specialist psychiatrist in private practice at Oxford Healthcare Centre, and the consultant psychiatrist for adult services at The Day Clinic. She sees adults requiring psychiatric assessment and treatment. She also sees clients for individual psychotherapy. She has worked in mental health for well over a decade, heading the Specialized Psychotherapy Unit at Tara Hospital for 7 years. Her psychiatric training was at the University of the Witwatersrand where later, as a joint appointee, she was involved with the training of undergraduate doctors and trainee psychiatrists, psychologists and occupational therapists. She has also worked in London, spending 2 years working in Addiction and Acute Mental Health Services. Jow’hara has extensive experience in treating depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and anxiety and trauma-related disorders. She is an expert in treating personality difficulties and disorders, including issues with suicidal thoughts and behaviours, impulsivity, dependence on harmful substances or behaviours, interpersonal difficulties and issues around identity, sexuality and gender. She has a special interest in maternal – as well as parental – mental and emotional wellness. Jow’hara is a director at The Day Clinic and is proficient in long- and short-term individual therapy, as well as group work, especially Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Dr Laila Paruk
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MBBCh (Wits), DMH (SA), FCPsych (SA), MMed (Wits)
BHF practice no. 0485721
Dr Laila Paruk is a psychiatrist who does psychiatric consultations and assessments, and medico-legal assessments, from her practice in Saxonwold. While she diagnoses and treats all aspects of adult psychiatry, her special interests include the diagnosis and management of anxiety disorders, personality disorders, substance use disorders, pain and women’s mental health. She is interested in the impact of exercise and meditation on psychiatric disorders, as well as the topic of stigma in psychiatry. She also works at a weekly dual diagnosis clinic at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Laila currently supervises masters candidates, and is involved in the teaching and examining of undergraduates and postgraduates in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a member of the South African Society of Psychiatrists, the SASOP Pain Special Interest Group and the Functional Neurological Disorders Group.
Dr Joanna Taylor
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BA (UCT), MBBCh (Wits), FCPsych (SA), MMed Psychiatry (Wits)
BHF practice no. 0488518
Dr Joanna Taylor is a specialist psychiatrist interested in all areas of adult psychiatry. She studied political philosophy and english literature before studying medicine. She has a particular interest in bipolar mood disorder, schizophrenia and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.