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Validation of the WHO self-reporting questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) item in primary health care settings in Eritrea
BACKGROUND: In Eritrea, highly centralized mental health care services and lack of trained psychiatric personnel at primary health care units …
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Development of programme theory for integration of service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening: protocol for realist systematic review
BACKGROUND: There is international recognition of the need for service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening. However, …
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Assessment of patients’ satisfaction and associated factors among outpatients received mental health services at public hospitals of Mekelle Town, northern Ethiopia
Satisfaction is the psychological state that results from confirmation or disconfirmation of expectations with reality. Patients’ satisfaction is a healthcare …
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‘The threads in his mind have torn’: conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders by neo-prophetic Christian healers in Accra, Ghana
BACKGROUND: In many low- and middle-income countries, faith healing is used alongside biomedical treatment for many health problems including mental …
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Postpartum depressive symptoms in the context of high social adversity and reproductive health threats: a population-based study
BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression is an important but neglected public health issue in low- and middle-income countries. The aim of this …
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Knowledge of mental health legislation in Ghana: a case of the use of certificate of urgency in mental health care
INTRODUCTION: Mental illness can affect anyone irrespective of race, gender or personal characteristics. The study sought to investigate health workers' …
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Child and adolescent mental health policy in South Africa: history, current policy development and implementation, and policy analysis
BACKGROUND: Mental health problems represent the greatest global burden of disease among children and adolescents. There is, however, lack of …
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Caregiver experiences of public services following child trauma exposure: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Many children in low and middle income countries (LMIC) are exposed to trauma. Contact with public services are a …
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Common mental disorders and psychological adjustment among individuals seeking HIV testing: a study protocol to explore implications for mental health care systems
BACKGROUND: In an effort to promote greater access to voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, it has become practice in …
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Alcohol use in a rural district in Uganda: findings from community-based and facility-based cross-sectional studies
BACKGROUND: Uganda has one of the highest per capita alcohol consumption rates in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the prevalence of alcohol …
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A structured approach to integrating mental health services into primary care: development of the Mental Health Scale Up Nigeria intervention (mhSUN)
BACKGROUND: The treatment gap for mental illness in Nigeria, as in other sub-Saharan countries, is estimated to be around 85%. …
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Mental health literacy: what do Nigerian adolescents know about depression?
BACKGROUND: Depression is a leading cause of disability and has been projected to become the 2nd most burdensome disease by …
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Evaluation of outcomes for psychosis and epilepsy treatment delivered by primary health care workers in Nepal: a cohort study
Most evaluations of task-shifting have focused on common mental disorders. Much less work has been done on severe mental neurological …
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Interventions to increase use of services; Mental Health Awareness in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Mental health services in Nigeria consist mainly of large government psychiatric hospitals and there are very few mental health …
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Somatization disorder among adolescents in southeast Nigeria: a neglected issue
BACKGROUND: Adolescents do present with somatization disorder which is often neglected by pediatricians. This could have serious consequences if not …
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Mental health leadership and patient access to care: a public–private initiative in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Mental health leadership is a critical component of patient access to care. More specifically, the ability of mental health …
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Mental health care providers’ perceptions of the barriers to suicide prevention amongst people with substance use disorders in South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Substance use is a well-established, and potentially modifiable, risk factor for suicide. Suicide prevention interventions are typically framed within …
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Does child and adolescent mental health in-service training result in equivalent knowledge gain among cadres of non-specialist health workers in Uganda? A pre-test post-test study
BACKGROUND: Early identification and management of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) disorders helps to avert mental illness in adulthood …
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Mental health treatment in Kenya: task-sharing challenges and opportunities among informal health providers
BACKGROUND: The study was conducted to explore challenges faced by trained informal health providers referring individuals with suspected mental disorders …
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Help seeking and suicidality among people with epilepsy in a rural low income country setting: cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUNDS: Epilepsy is a serious neurological disorder associated with a high level of psychiatric comorbidity. Suicidality is a recognised complication …