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Lay Counselor Perspectives of Providing a Child-Focused Mental Health Intervention for Children: Task-Shifting in the Education and Health Sectors in Kenya
The global mental health treatment gap has increasingly been addressed using task-shifting; however, very little research has focused on lay …
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in South Africa—Senior Stakeholder Perceptions of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats in the Western Cape Province
Background There is general consensus that child and adolescent mental health services in low- and middle-income countries have an urgent …
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Exploring Differences Between Adolescents and Adults With Perinatal Depression—Data From the Expanding Care for Perinatal Women With Depression Trial in Nigeria
Background: Depression is common among women in the perinatal period. Although pregnancy and motherhood among adolescents are a global public …
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Creating Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Description of the Integrated Approach to Addressing the Issue of Youth Depression in Malawi and Tanzania
Addressing depression in young people is a health-care policy need in sub-Saharan Africa. There exists poor mental health literacy, high …
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Incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Road Traffic Accident
Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs after exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. Road Traffic …
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Depression, Anxiety and Their Correlates Among Patients With HIV in South Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Background: Depressive and anxious symptoms are regularly seen in HIV infected people than the all-inclusive community. This investigation planned to …
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Championing Equity, Empowerment, and Transformational Leadership in (Mental Health) Research Partnerships: Aligning Collaborative Work With the Global Development Agenda
Through a narrative synthesis of existing literature on research partnerships, the paper underscores four core values championed in public policy …
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Stop Turning a Blind Eye: Tobacco Smoking Among Egyptian Patients With Schizophrenia
Background Patients with schizophrenia have considerably higher rates of mortality than general population. Multiple factors may play a role in …
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Cognitive and Functional Assessment of Psychosis Stratification Study (CoFAPSS): Rationale, Design, and Characteristics
Prediction of treatment response and illness trajectory in psychotic disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and psychotic depression …
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Yoga Practice Reduces the Psychological Distress Levels of Prison Inmates
Background: Psychiatric ill-health is prevalent among prison inmates and often hampers their rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is crucial for reducing recidivistic offending. …
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Neurological Soft Signs, Spontaneous and Treatment Emergent Extrapyramidal Syndromes in Black Africans With First Episode Schizophrenia
Background: Very little is known about the relationship between spontaneous and treatment-induced motor syndromes in Africans with first episode schizophrenia. …
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Therapeutic Potential of Selectively Targeting the α2C-Adrenoceptor in Cognition, Depression, and Schizophrenia—New Developments and Future Perspective
α2A- and α2C-adrenoceptors (AR) are the primary α2-AR subtypes involved in central nervous system (CNS) function. These receptors are implicated …
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How Useful Is Electroencephalography in the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Delineation of Subtypes: A Systematic Review
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are thought to be associated with abnormal neural connectivity. Presently, neural connectivity is a theoretical construct …
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Vitamin D Levels in Different Severity Groups of Schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) continues to be associated with schizophrenia, but there is the dearth of information on the …
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Problematic Alcohol Use among University Students
Background: Alcohol is attributable to many diseases and injury related health conditions, and it is the fifth leading risk factor …
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Effectiveness of Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test-Linked Brief Intervention on Harmful and Hazardous Alcohol Use in Nigerian Semirural Communities: A Non-Randomized Intervention Study
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of alcohol consumption and the effectiveness of the alcohol, smoking, and substance involvement screening test …