The Department of Psychiatry is situated at the College of Health in Parirenyatwa Hospital.

The current Chairman is Dr Walter Mangezi.

Staff

Psychiatrist/Lecturer

• Dr Sekai Nhiwatiwa
• Dr Walter Mangezi
• Dr Florence Muchirahondo

Clinical Psychologist/Lecturer

• Mr Alfred Chingono
• Mr Lazarus Kajawu
• Mr Arnold Mutemeri

Psychiatric Nurse/Lecturer

• Ms Bonzile Marimbe

Nurses

• Ms Mildred Maziwa
• Mr Tafara Dzimiri

Secretariat

• Ms Angela Paradzai - Manager

Ms Emelda Maponga - Secretary

Teaching

Second Year MBChB: Behavioural Sciences and Community Health Examination (BS2M)

Forth Year MBChB: Psychiatry (PZAM)

Psychiatry for the Post-graduate Diploma in Mental Health (DOP)

Psychiatry, Research methods and Psychology for Masters in Medicine, Psychiatry (MPZ)

The department assists the Department of Psychology in the teaching and clinical supervision of Masters in Clinical Psychology students.

The department assists the Department of Occupational Therapy the teaching of the Psychiatry and Psychology courses.

Research

The Staff in the Department have areas of interest in research listed below:

          Dr Nhiwatiwa – Community Psychiatry.

          Mr Chingono – HIV.

          Mrs Marimbe – Mental retardation. Behavioural sciences.

          Mr Kajawu -  Behavioural Sciences. Alternative medicine.

          Dr Mangezi – Stress and burnout. Medical Education. Forensic Psychiatry.

          Dr Muchirahondo – child psychiatry

          Mr Dzimiri – Epilepsy. EEG.

          Ms Maziwa – Epilepsy. EEG.

Community Service

The staff in the department of Psychiatry has a project called the Crisis Support Centre which is situated in the Parirenyatwa Hospital.  The project was originally supported by the World Health Organisation and now is supported by Parirenyatwa Hospital.  The centre is a walk-in centre which is a free service where members can come if they are in Psychological and emotional crisis.

The Department of Psychiatry are a part of a team that offers Continued Medical Education to Qualified Medical Practitioners.

Diploma in Mental Health

Masters in Medicine, Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry

University Of Zimbabwe

PO Box MP 167

Mount Pleasant

Harare, Zimbabwe

Phone: + 263 4 303211

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