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Costs of common perinatal mental health problems in South Africa
Background: Perinatal mental health problems, defined as mental health problems occurring from the start of pregnancy to one year after …
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Validation of the Communication Profile-Adapted in Ethiopian children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Abstract Background Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are conditions affecting a child's cognitive, behavioural, and emotional development. Appropriate and validated outcome measures …
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Scaling up public mental health care in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from infectious disease
INTRODUCTION: Models estimate that the disability burden from mental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will more than double in the …
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Two-year treatment effects of the common elements treatment approach (CETA) for reducing intimate partner violence and unhealthy alcohol use in Zambia
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and unhealthy alcohol use are common yet often unaddressed public health problems in low- and …
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Utilizing a church-based platform for mental health interventions: exploring the role of the clergy and the treatment preference of women with depression
Abstract Background Training lay people to deliver mental health interventions in the community can be an effective strategy to mitigate …
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Effect of a lay counselor-delivered integrated maternal mental health and early childhood development group-based intervention in Northern Ghana: a cluster-randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Caregiver mental health is linked to early childhood development, yet more robust evidence of community-based interventions to prevent maternal …
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Living under siege: resilience, hopelessness, and psychological distress among Palestinian students in the Gaza Strip
BACKGROUND: Moving from an approach oriented to adaptation and functioning, the current paper explored the network of cumulative associations between …
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Conducting global mental health research: lessons learned from Kenya
Mental health disorders are prevalent among youth and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries, and access to evidence-based treatments is …
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The Friendship Bench as a brief psychological intervention with peer support in rural Zimbabwean women: a mixed methods pilot evaluation
Abstract Background There is a large treatment gap for common mental disorders in rural areas of low-income countries. We tested …
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Law enforcement and mental health clinician partnerships in global mental health: outcomes for the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model adaptation in Liberia, West Africa
BACKGROUND: The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is a law enforcement strategy that aims to build alliances between the law …
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Patient-level predictors of detection of depressive symptoms, referral, and uptake of depression counseling among chronic care patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Integration of depression treatment into primary care could improve patient outcomes in low-resource settings. Losses along the depression care …
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Changes in prevalence of mental disorders among internally displaced persons in central Sudan: a 1-year follow-up study
BACKGROUND: Sudan has one of the largest numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the world, estimated at five million. …
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Barriers and facilitators of child and guardian attendance in task-shifted mental health services in schools in western Kenya
BACKGROUND: Globally, nearly 140 million children have experienced the death of one or both parents, and as a result many …
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Expressions of psychological distress in Sierra Leone: implications for community-based prevention and response
BACKGROUND: Over recent decades there has been considerable mental health research in Sierra Leone but little on local conceptualisations of …
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Incidence of depression in people with newly diagnosed tuberculosis in Ethiopia: a cohort study
Abstract Background Cross-sectional studies show that the prevalence of comorbid depression in people with tuberculosis (TB) is high. The hypothesis …
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Factors influencing medical students and psychiatry residents in Ghana to consider psychiatry as a career option – a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Currently, Ghana has 14 actively practicing psychiatrists and about 26 psychiatric residents for a population of over 28 million …
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Contextualizing and pilot testing the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) to primary healthcare workers in Kilifi, Kenya
Abstract Background Little data exists about the methodology of contextualizing version two of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention …
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Effectiveness of a peer-led adolescent mental health intervention on HIV virological suppression and mental health in Zimbabwe: protocol of a cluster-randomised trial
BACKGROUND: Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) experience a high burden of mental health disorder which is a barrier to antiretroviral …
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Measuring mental health and well-being of South African undergraduate students
Abstract Background Increased investment in optimal student mental health and well-being has been noted by universities around the world. Studies …
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Mental health research capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa: the African Mental Health Research Initiative
Mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders are a leading, but neglected, cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. …