Issue 1/2017
Content (71 Articles)
A web-based information system for a regional public mental healthcare service network in Brazil
- Open Access
- Case study
Vinicius Tohoru Yoshiura, João Mazzoncini de Azevedo-Marques, Magdalena Rzewuska, André Luiz Teixeira Vinci, Ariane Morassi Sasso, Newton Shydeo Brandão Miyoshi, Antonia Regina Ferreira Furegato, Rui Pedro Charters Lopes Rijo, Cristina Marta Del-Ben, Domingos Alves
Challenges for nurses who work in community mental health centres in the West Bank, Palestine
- Open Access
- Research
Mohammad Marie, Ben Hannigan, Aled Jones
Causes of and risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder: the beliefs of Iraqi and Afghan refugees resettled in Australia
- Open Access
- Research
Shameran Slewa-Younan, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Anisa Yaser, Jonathan Mond, Mitchell Smith, Diana Milosevic, Caroline Smith, Sanja Lujic, Anthony Francis Jorm
Psychological morbidity and substance use among patients with hypertension: a hospital-based cross-sectional survey from South West Ethiopia
- Open Access
- Research
Matiwos Soboka, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Markos Tesfaye
Promoting wellbeing and improving access to mental health care through community champions in rural India: the Atmiyata intervention approach
- Open Access
- Case study
Laura Shields-Zeeman, Soumitra Pathare, Bethany Hipple Walters, Nandita Kapadia-Kundu, Kaustubh Joag
Health systems context(s) for integrating mental health into primary health care in six Emerald countries: a situation analysis
- Open Access
- Review
James Mugisha, Jibril Abdulmalik, Charlotte Hanlon, Inge Petersen, Crick Lund, Nawaraj Upadhaya, Shalini Ahuja, Rahul Shidhaye, Ntokozo Mntambo, Atalay Alem, Oye Gureje, Fred Kigozi
Evidence-based guideline implementation in low and middle income countries: lessons for mental health care
- Open Access
- Review
Mary Docherty, Kate Shaw, Lucy Goulding, Hannah Parke, Erica Eassom, Farnoosh Ali, Graham Thornicroft
Users’ involvement in mental health services: programme logic model of an innovative initiative in integrated care
- Open Access
- Research
Carolane Tremblay, Valérie Coulombe, Catherine Briand
The impact of organisational change and fiscal restraint on organisational culture
- Open Access
- Research
Frances Dark, Harvey Whiteford, Neal M. Ashkanasy, Carol Harvey, Meredith Harris, David Crompton, Ellie Newman
What are “good outcomes” in public mental health settings? A qualitative exploration of clients’ and therapists’ experiences
- Open Access
- Research
Christian Moltu, Jon Stefansen, Jan Christian Nøtnes, Åse Skjølberg, Marius Veseth
How to implement Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) in mental health service settings: evaluation of the implementation strategy
- Open Access
- Research
Karina Myhren Egeland, Torleif Ruud, Terje Ogden, Rickard Färdig, Jonas Christoffer Lindstrøm, Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang
Hospitalization cost of conventional psychiatric care compared to broad-spectrum micronutrient treatment: literature review and case study of adult psychosis
- Open Access
- Case study
Bonnie J. Kaplan, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Jeffrey S. Hoch
Training needs and perspectives of community health workers in relation to integrating child mental health care into primary health care in a rural setting in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods study
- Open Access
- Research
Dejene Tilahun, Charlotte Hanlon, Mesfin Araya, Basiro Davey, Rosa A. Hoekstra, Abebaw Fekadu
Does accreditation improve pro re nata benzodiazepines administration in psychiatric inpatients? Pre-post accreditation medical record comparison
- Open Access
- Research
Mohammed Abdullah Al-Sughayir
Medication challenges for patients with severe mental illness: experience and views of patients, caregivers and mental health care workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Open Access
- Research
Masunga K. Iseselo, Joel Seme Ambikile
The prevalence of suicidal ideation and depression among primary care patients and current management in South Korea
- Open Access
- Research
Yoon-Joo Choi, Weon-Young Lee
Complementary primary mental health programs for young people in Australia: Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) and headspace
- Open Access
- Research
Bridget Bassilios, Nicolas Telford, Debra Rickwood, Matthew J. Spittal, Jane Pirkis
Worldwide research productivity in the field of psychiatry
- Open Access
- Research
Jinghua Zhang, Xiaoou Chen, Xin Gao, Huizeng Yang, Zhong Zhen, Qingwei Li, Yiqun Lin, Xiyan Zhao
Screening for substance use and mental health problems in a cross-sectoral sample of Canadian youth
- Open Access
- Research
Joanna L. Henderson, Gloria Chaim, Lisa D. Hawke
“Making the Mentally Ill Count”, lessons from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System for people with mental and neurological disorders in the Kintampo districts of Ghana
- Open Access
- Research
Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Edward Adiibokah, Obed Ernest A. Nettey, Solomon Nyame, Victor Christian Korley Doku, Kwaku Poku Asante, Seth Owusu-Agyei
Maternal common mental disorders and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in an urban slum area of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Open Access
- Research
Ahad Mahmud Khan, Meerjady Sabrina Flora
Sleep disturbances and mental strain in university students: results from an online survey in Luxembourg and Germany
- Open Access
- Research
Angelika A. Schlarb, Merle Claßen, Julia Grünwald, Claus Vögele
Family reintegration of homeless in Maputo and Matola: a descriptive study
- Open Access
- Research
Lídia Gouveia, Honório Massanganhe, Flávio Mandlate, Dirceu Mabunda, Wilza Fumo, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Jair de Jesus Mari
Predictors of depression among patients receiving treatment for snakebite in General Hospital, Kaltungo, Gombe State, Nigeria: August 2015
- Open Access
- Research
Abdulaziz Muhammed, Mahmood M. Dalhat, Babalola O. Joseph, Abubakar Ahmed, Patrick Nguku, Gabriele Poggensee, Mukthar Adeiza, Garba I. Yahya, Muhammad Hamza, Zaiyad G. Habib, Abisola M. Oladimeji, Abdulsalam Nasidi, Abubakar Balla, Ibrahim Nashabaru, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Ahmad M. Yakasai, Joshua A. Difa, Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, Abdulrazaq G. Habib
Perinatal depression in Nigeria: perspectives of women, family caregivers and health care providers
- Open Access
- Research
Ademola Adeponle, Danielle Groleau, Lola Kola, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Oye Gureje
An overview of mental health care system in Kilifi, Kenya: results from an initial assessment using the World Health Organization’s Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems
- Open Access
- Research
Mary A. Bitta, Symon M. Kariuki, Eddie Chengo, Charles R. J. C. Newton
Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Community Integration Measure for community-dwelling people with schizophrenia
- Open Access
- Research
Ai Shioda, Etsuko Tadaka, Ayako Okochi
Service user and care giver involvement in mental health system strengthening in Nepal: a qualitative study on barriers and facilitating factors
- Open Access
- Research
Dristy Gurung, Nawaraj Upadhyaya, Jananee Magar, Nir Prakash Giri, Charlotte Hanlon, Mark J. D. Jordans
Physical health policies and metabolic screening in mental health care systems of sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review
- Open Access
- Review
James Mugisha, Marc De Hert, Brendon Stubbs, David Basangwa, Davy Vancampfort
Socio-demographic characteristics, clinical profile and prevalence of existing mental illness among suicide attempters attending emergency services at two hospitals in Hawassa city, South Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Research
Moges Ayehu, Tarekegn Solomon, Kinfe Lemma
Italian regional health service costs for diagnosis and 1-year treatment of ADHD in children and adolescents
- Open Access
- Research
Gianluigi Casadei, Massimo Cartabia, Laura Reale, Maria Antonella Costantino, Maurizio Bonati, Stefano Conte, Valeria Renzetti, Laura Salvoni, Massimo Molteni, Sara Trabattoni, Paola Effedri, Elena Filippini, Elisabetta Pedercini, Edda Zanetti, Nadia Fteita, Daniele Arisi, Roberta Mapelli, Simona Frassica, Simonetta Oriani, Christian Trevisan, Susanna Acquistapace, Ottaviano Martinelli, Davide Villani, Emanuela Binaghi, Andrea Deriu, Ernesta Ricotta, Arianna Borchia, Paola Morosini, Maddalena Breviglieri, Giuseppe Capovilla, Roberto Segala, Claudio Bissoli, Maria Paola Canevini, Antonella Costantino, Isabella Cropanese, Anna Didoni, Emiddio Fornaro, Silvia Merati, Alberto Ottolini, Monica Saccani, Roberto Vaccari, Vera Valenti, Alessandra Valentino, Umberto Balottin, Matteo Chiappedi, Elena Vlacos, Corrado Meraviglia, Maria Grazia Palmieri, Gianpaolo Ruffoni, Francesco Rinaldi, Federica Soardi, Chiara Luoni, Francesca Pavone, Giorgio Rossi, Maurizio Bonati, Massimo Cartabia, Laura Reale, Michele Zanetti
Common mental disorder and its association with academic performance among Debre Berhan University students, Ethiopia
- Open Access
- Research
Yohannes Gebreegziabhere Haile, Sisay Mulugeta Alemu, Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Correlates, comorbidities, and suicidal tendencies of problematic game use in a national wide sample of Korean adults
- Open Access
- Research
Subin Park, Hong Jin Jeon, Jung Woo Son, Haesoo Kim, Jin Pyo Hong
What are effective strategies for implementing trauma-informed care in youth inpatient psychiatric and residential treatment settings? A realist systematic review
- Open Access
- Review
Stephanie A. Bryson, Emma Gauvin, Ally Jamieson, Melanie Rathgeber, Lorelei Faulkner-Gibson, Sarah Bell, Jana Davidson, Jennifer Russel, Sharlynne Burke
Current situations and future directions for mental health system governance in Nepal: findings from a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Nawaraj Upadhaya, Mark J. D. Jordans, Ruja Pokhrel, Dristy Gurung, Ramesh P. Adhikari, Inge Petersen, Ivan H. Komproe
Health system governance to support scale up of mental health care in Ethiopia: a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Charlotte Hanlon, Tigist Eshetu, Daniel Alemayehu, Abebaw Fekadu, Maya Semrau, Graham Thornicroft, Fred Kigozi, Debra Leigh Marais, Inge Petersen, Atalay Alem
Mental distress and associated factors among undergraduate students at the University of Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Research
Liban Hersi, Kenfe Tesfay, Hailay Gesesew, Wolfgang Krahl, Deria Ereg, Markos Tesfaye
Problem Management Plus (PM+) in the management of common mental disorders in a specialized mental healthcare facility in Pakistan; study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Study Protocol
Syed Usman Hamdani, Zainab Ahmed, Marit Sijbrandij, Huma Nazir, Aqsa Masood, Parveen Akhtar, Hania Amin, Richard A. Bryant, Katie Dawson, Mark van Ommeren, Atif Rahman, Fareed Aslam Minhas
Patterns of psychiatric admissions and predictors of patient’s outcome in Jimma University Teaching and Referral Hospital: a retrospective study
- Open Access
- Research
Sinan Tadesse, Abraham Tamirat Gizaw, Getachew Kirose Abraha, Lakew Abebe Gebretsadik
Exploring the potential implementation of a tool to enhance shared decision making (SDM) in mental health services in the United Kingdom: a qualitative exploration of the views of service users, carers and professionals
- Open Access
- Research
Helen Brooks, Kamelia Harris, Penny Bee, Karina Lovell, Anne Rogers, Richard Drake
Mental health services conceptualised as complex adaptive systems: what can be learned?
- Open Access
- Commentary
Louise A. Ellis, Kate Churruca, Jeffrey Braithwaite
Help seeking and suicidality among people with epilepsy in a rural low income country setting: cross-sectional survey
- Open Access
- Research
Ruth Tsigebrhan, Charlotte Hanlon, Girmay Medhin, Abebaw Fekadu
Mental health treatment in Kenya: task-sharing challenges and opportunities among informal health providers
- Open Access
- Research
Christine W. Musyimi, Victoria N. Mutiso, David M. Ndetei, Isabel Unanue, Dhru Desai, Sita G. Patel, Abednego M. Musau, David C. Henderson, Erick S. Nandoya, Joske Bunders
Mental health care providers’ perceptions of the barriers to suicide prevention amongst people with substance use disorders in South Africa: a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Daniel Goldstone, Jason Bantjes
Lack of access to mental health services contributing to the high suicide rates among veterans
- Open Access
- Commentary
Ronald D. Hester
Concordance of the Indian Mental Healthcare Act 2017 with the World Health Organization’s Checklist on Mental Health Legislation
- Open Access
- Research
Richard M. Duffy, Brendan D. Kelly
The mental health and help-seeking behaviour of resettled Afghan refugees in Australia
- Open Access
- Research
Shameran Slewa-Younan, Anisa Yaser, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Haider Mannan, Caroline A. Smith, Jonathan M. Mond
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
- Open Access
- Research
Angela Akol, Joyce Nalugya, Sylvia Nshemereirwe, Juliet N. Babirye, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen
Common mental disorders in asylum seekers and refugees: umbrella review of prevalence and intervention studies
- Open Access
- Research
Giulia Turrini, Marianna Purgato, Francesca Ballette, Michela Nosè, Giovanni Ostuzzi, Corrado Barbui
Mental health leadership and patient access to care: a public–private initiative in South Africa
- Open Access
- Case Study
Christopher Paul Szabo, Jennifer Fine, Pat Mayers, Shan Naidoo, Tuviah Zabow, Jannes Bornman, Francois Petersen, Wendy Vogel, Zaida Damons, Charl Prinsloo, Emily Smith, Elmarie de Lange, Rene Nassen, Anbrenthia Moos, Bernard Janse van Rensburg, Craig Bracken, Salome Mashile, Florence Makobonyane, Zamo Mbele, Jacqui Naude
Retraction Note to: Correlates, comorbidities, and suicidal tendencies of problematic game use in a national wide sample of Korean adults
- Open Access
- Retraction Note
Subin Park, Hong Jin Jeon, Jung Woo Son, Haesoo Kim, Jin Pyo Hong
General practitioners’ experiences and perceptions of mild moderate depression management and factors influencing effective service delivery in rural Australian communities: a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Tamishka De Silva, Anjali Prakash, Sandhya Yarlagadda, Marjia Daniella Johns, Kate Sandy, Vibeke Hansen, Sue Phelan, Sabrina Pit
“If there’s no stability around them”: experienced therapists’ view on the role of patients’ social world in recovery in bipolar disorder
- Open Access
- Research
Marius Veseth, Per-Einar Binder, Signe Hjelen Stige
Erratum to: The mental health and help-seeking behaviour of resettled Afghan refugees in Australia
- Open Access
- Erratum
Shameran Slewa-Younan, Anisa Yaser, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Haider Mannan, Caroline A. Smith, Jonathan M. Mond
Somatization disorder among adolescents in southeast Nigeria: a neglected issue
- Open Access
- Research
A. R. C. Nwokocha, J. M. Chinawa, V. Onukwuli, A. Ubesie, Appolos Ndukuba, A. T. Chinawa, Elias Aniwada, Samuel Uwaezuoke
Utilization of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine and mental health among patients with chronic diseases in primary health care settings in Cambodia
- Open Access
- Research
Siyan Yi, Chanrith Ngin, Sovannary Tuot, Pheak Chhoun, Tyler Fleming, Carinne Brody
A review of web-based support systems for students in higher education
- Open Access
- Review
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Rhianna Goozee, Erika Payne, Alexia Barrable, Patapia Tzotzoli
Evidence-based guideline implementation of quality assurance and quality control procedures in the Saudi National Mental Health Survey
- Open Access
- Case study
Sanaa Hyder, Lisa Bilal, Luma Akkad, Yu-chieh Lin, AbdulHameed Al-Habeeb, Abdullah Al-Subaie, Mona Shahab, Abdulrahman Binmuammar, Feda Al‐Tuwaijr, Noha Kattan, Yasmin Altwaijri
Priority setting for mental health research in Chile
- Open Access
- Research
Pedro Zitko, Francesca Borghero, Cynthia Zavala, Niina Markkula, Emilio Santelices, Nicolás Libuy, Alfredo Pemjean
Translating mental health diagnostic and symptom terminology to train health workers and engage patients in cross-cultural, non-English speaking populations
- Open Access
- Commentary
Bibhav Acharya, Madhur Basnet, Pragya Rimal, David Citrin, Soniya Hirachan, Sikhar Swar, Poshan Thapa, Jagadamba Pandit, Rajeev Pokharel, Brandon Kohrt
Mental health training for primary health care workers and implication for success of integration of mental health into primary care: evaluation of effect on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP)
- Open Access
- Research
Getinet Ayano, Dawit Assefa, Kibrom Haile, Asrat Chaka, Kelemua Haile, Melat Solomon, Kalkidan Yohannis, Akilew Awoke Adane, Kemal Jemal
A qualitative analysis of psychosocial outcomes among women with sexual violence-related pregnancies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
- Open Access
- Research
Jennifer Scott, Colleen Mullen, Shada Rouhani, Philipp Kuwert, Ashley Greiner, Katherine Albutt, Gillian Burkhardt, Monica Onyango, Michael VanRooyen, Susan Bartels
Psychiatrists role in primary health care in Greece: findings from a quantitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Kyriakos Souliotis, Eirini Agapidaki, Chara Tzavara, Marina Economou
Interventions to increase use of services; Mental Health Awareness in Nigeria
- Open Access
- Research
Julian Eaton, Emeka Nwefoh, Godwin Okafor, Ugochukwu Onyeonoro, Kenneth Nwaubani, Claire Henderson
Participation in mental healthcare: a qualitative meta-synthesis
- Open Access
- Review
Norman J. Stomski, Paul Morrison
Correction to: Mental health training for primary health care workers and implication for success of integration of mental health into primary care: evaluation of effect on knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP)
- Open Access
- Correction
Getinet Ayano, Dawit Assefa, Kibrom Haile, Asrat Chaka, Kelemua Haile, Melat Solomon, Kalkidan Yohannis, Akilew Awoke Adane, Kemal Jemal
Situational analysis to inform development of primary care and community-based mental health services for severe mental disorders in Nepal
- Open Access
- Research
Mangesh Angdembe, Brandon A. Kohrt, Mark Jordans, Damodar Rimal, Nagendra P. Luitel
Evaluation of outcomes for psychosis and epilepsy treatment delivered by primary health care workers in Nepal: a cohort study
- Open Access
- Research
M. J. D. Jordans, L. Aldridge, N. P. Luitel, F. Baingana, B. A. Kohrt
The property of the Japanese version of the Recovery Knowledge Inventory (RKI) among mental health service providers: a cross sectional study
- Open Access
- Research
Rie Chiba, Maki Umeda, Kyohei Goto, Yuki Miyamoto, Sosei Yamaguchi, Norito Kawakami