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International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Issue 1/2020

Content (89 Articles)

Establishing views of traditional healers and biomedical practitioners on collaboration in mental health care in Zanzibar: a qualitative pilot study

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Lindsay Solera-Deuchar, Mahmoud I. Mussa, Suleiman A. Ali, Haji J. Haji, Peter McGovern

Trends in suicide-related research in Australia

Marisa Schlichthorst, Lennart Reifels, Karolina Krysinska, Maria Ftanou, Anna Machlin, Jo Robinson, Jane Pirkis

Evaluation of mhGAP training for primary healthcare workers in Mulanje, Malawi: a quasi-experimental and time series study

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Demoubly Kokota, Crick Lund, Jennifer Ahrens, Erica Breuer, Sheila Gilfillan

The Italian ICD-11 field trial: clinical utility of diagnostic guidelines for schizophrenia and related disorders

Mario Luciano, Gaia Sampogna, Valeria Del Vecchio, Vincenzo Giallonardo, Carmela Palummo, Benedetta Pocai, Luca Steardo Jr., Francesca Zinno, Tahilia Rebello, Geoffrey M. Reed, Andrea Fiorillo

Inequality and mental healthcare utilisation among first-year university students in South Africa

Jason Bantjes, Wylene Saal, Christine Lochner, Janine Roos, Randy P. Auerbach, Philippe Mortier, Ronny Bruffaerts, Ronald C. Kessler, Dan J. Stein

Stigma towards people with a diagnosis of severe mental disorder in primary healthcare centers: perspectives of service users and health teams in Chile

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Pamela Vaccari, Raúl Ramírez-Vielma, Sandra Saldivia, Félix Cova, Alexis Vielma-Aguilera, Víctor Victoriano, Natalia Ulloa-Vidal, Pamela Grandón

Evaluation of a new set of indicators for mental health care implemented in Madhya Pradesh, India: a mixed methods study

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Shalini Ahuja, Azaz Khan, Lucy Goulding, Rachel Kaur Bansal, Rahul Shidhaye, Graham Thornicroft, Mark Jordans

Is supported self-management for depression effective for adults in community-based settings in Vietnam?: a modified stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Jill K. Murphy, Hui Xie, Vu Cong Nguyen, Leena W. Chau, Pham Thi Oanh, Tran Kieu Nhu, John O’Neil, Charles H. Goldsmith, Nguyen Van Hoi, Yue Ma, Hayami Lou, Wayne Jones, Harry Minas

What about lay counselors’ experiences of task-shifting mental health interventions? Example from a family-based intervention in Kenya

Jonathan T. Wall, Bonnie N. Kaiser, Elsa A. Friis-Healy, David Ayuku, Eve S. Puffer

Partnership for the implementation of mental health policy in Nigeria: a case study of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Programme in Benue State

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G. K. Ryan, E. Nwefoh, C. Aguocha, P. O. Ode, S. O. Okpoju, P. Ocheche, A. Woyengikuro, J. Abdulmalik, J. Eaton

Implementing an mhGAP-based training and supervision package to improve healthcare workers’ competencies and access to mental health care in Malawi

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Jen Ahrens, Demoubly Kokota, Chitsanzo Mafuta, Mary Konyani, Dennis Chasweka, Owen Mwale, Robert C. Stewart, Madeline Osborn, Blessings Chikasema, Mondie Mcheka, Douglas Blackwood, Sheila Gilfillan

Exploring mental health needs and services among affected population in a cyclone affected area in costal Bangladesh: a qualitative case study

M. Tasdik Hasan, Gourab Adhikary, Sultan Mahmood, Nowshin Papri, Hasan M. Shihab, Rosco Kasujja, Helal Uddin Ahmed, Abul Kalam Azad, Mahbuba Nasreen

Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on mental health service provision: a pilot focus group study in six European countries

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Sofia Triliva, Spyridoula Ntani, Theodoros Giovazolias, Konstantinos Kafetsios, Malin Axelsson, Claudi Bockting, Ann Buysse, Mattias Desmet, Alexis Dewaele, Dewi Hannon, Inger Haukenes, Gunnel Hensing, Reitske Meganck, Kris Rutten, Viktor Schønning, Laura Van Beveren, Joke Vandamme, Simon Øverland

Implementing civic engagement within mental health services in South East Asia: a systematic review and realist synthesis of current evidence

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Karen James, Helen Brooks, Herni Susanti, Jessica Waddingham, Irman Irmansyah, Budi-Anna Keliat, Bagus Utomo, Diana Rose, Erminia Colucci, Karina Lovell

An ethnographic study of the implementation of a transitional discharge model: peer supporters’ perspectives

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Cheryl Forchuk, Mary-Lou Martin, Deborrah Sherman, Deborah Corring, Rani Srivastava, Tony O’Regan, Sebastian Gyamfi, Boniface Harerimana

Framework and approach for measuring performance and progress of mental health systems and services in India: National Mental Health Survey 2015–2016

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Banavaram Anniappan Arvind, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Girish N. Rao, Banandur S. Pradeep, Varghese Mathew, Vivek Benegal, Melur Sukumar Gautham, Amudhan Senthil, Arun Kokane, Bir Singh Chavan, P. K. Dalal, Daya Ram, Kangkan Pathak, Singh R. K. Lenin, Lokesh Kumar Singh, Pradeep Sharma, Pradeep Kumar Saha, C. Ramasubramaniam, Ritambhara Y. Mehta, T. M. Shibukumar, Lokesh Kumar Singh, Sonia Pereira Deuri, Mousumi Krishnatreya, Vijay Gogoi, H. Sobhana, Saumik Sengupta, Indrajeet Banerjee, Sameer Sharma, Anjan Kumar Giri, Abhay Bhaskar Kavishvar, Kamlesh Rushikray Dave, Naresh T. Chauhan, Vinod K. Sinha, Nishanth Goyal, Jayakrishnan Thavody, P. K. Anish, Thomas Bina, Abhijit P. Pakhare, Pankaj Mittal, Sukanya Ray, Rajni Chatterji, Brogen Singh Akoijam, Heramani Singh, Gojendro, Priscilla Kayina, L. Roshan Singh, Subhash Das, Sonia Puri, Rohit Garg, Amita Kashyap, Yogesh Satija, Kusum Gaur, Divya Sharma, R. V. Sathish, M. Selvi, Krishnaraj, S. K. Singh, Vivek Agarwal, Eesha Sharma, Sujit K. Kar, Raghunath Misra, Rajashri Neogi, Debasish Sinha, Soumyadeep Saha, Ajoy Halder, D. K. Subbakrishna, Thennaarasu, P. Marimuthu, B. Binu Kumar, Sanjeev Jain, Santosh Loganathan, Y. C. Janardhan Reddy, T. Jagadisha, P. T. Sivakumar, Prabhat Kumar Chand, K. Muralidharan, Senthil Reddi, C. Naveen Kumar, M. Krishna Prasad, T. S. Jaisoorya, C. N. Janardhanan, Mahendra Prakash Sharma, L. N. Suman, S. Paulomi, Keshav Kumar, Manoj Kumar Sharma, M. Manjula, Poornima Bhola, B. N. Roopesh, M. Thomas Kishore, S. Veena, K. Aruna Rose Mary, Nitin Anand, Shobha Srinath, Satish Chandra Girimaji, K. John Vijayasagar, Sekar Kasi, D. Muralidhar, R. Dhanasekara Pandian, Ameer Hamza, N. Janardhana, E. Aravinda Raj, Gobinda Majhi

Implementation process and outcomes of a mental health programme integrated in primary care clinics in rural Mexico: a mixed-methods study

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Georgina Miguel-Esponda, Nathaniel Bohm-Levine, Fátima Gabriela Rodríguez-Cuevas, Alex Cohen, Ritsuko Kakuma

Oral health interventions for people living with mental disorders: protocol for a realist systematic review

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Amanda Kenny, Virginia Dickson-Swift, Mark Gussy, Susan Kidd, Dianne Cox, Mohd Masood, David Azul, Carina Chan, Bradley Christian, Jacqui Theobold, Brad Hodge, Ron Knevel, Carol McKinstry, Danielle Couch, Nerida Hyett, Prabhakar Veginadu, Nastaran Doroud

Perspectives of mental healthcare providers on pathways to improved employment for persons with mental disorders in two lower middle-income countries

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Ikenna D. Ebuenyi, Barbara J. Regeer, Chinyere Aguocha, Joske F. G. Bunders-Aelen, Mònica Guxens

Participatory model building for suicide prevention in Canada

Laura H. Thompson, Justin J. Lang, Brieanne Olibris, Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré, Heather Cook, Dakota Gillies, Heather Orpana

Strengthening mental health systems in Zambia

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Margarate Nzala Munakampe

Forensic psychiatry in Finland: an overview of past, present and future

Allan Seppänen, Petteri Joelsson, Aulikki Ahlgren-Rimpiläinen, Eila Repo-Tiihonen

Towards community-based and recovery-oriented care for severe mental disorders in Southern and Eastern Europe: aims and design of a multi-country implementation and evaluation study (RECOVER-E)

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Laura Shields-Zeeman, Ionela Petrea, Filip Smit, Bethany Hipple Walters, Jovo Dedovic, Martina Rojnic Kuzman, Vladimir Nakov, Raluca Nica, Antoni Novotni, Catharina Roth, Aleksandar Tomcuk, Ben F. M. Wijnen, Michel Wensing

The nature of youth in the eyes of mental-health care workers: therapists’ conceptualization of adolescents coming to therapy at others’ initiative

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Tonje Børseth Barca, Christian Moltu, Marius Veseth, Gro Fjellheim, Signe Hjelen Stige

Internalized stigma among patients with mood disorders in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional facility-based study

Elias Tesfaye, Benyam Worku, Eshetu Girma, Liyew Agenagnew

Informal support for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in rural Uganda: a qualitative study

Pia Ngoma Nankinga, Samuel Maling, Zeina Chemali, Edith K. Wakida, Celestino Obua, Elialilia S. Okello

Causes and risk factors for common mental illnesses: the beliefs of paediatric hospital staff in the United Arab Emirates

Shameran Slewa-Younan, Thomas P. Nguyen, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Rachel Cathrine Rossiter, Walter Robb

Care seeking behavior of people with common mental disorders in São Paulo-Brazil

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Gustavo de Brito Venâncio dos Santos, Moisés Goldbaum, Chester Luiz Galvão César, Reinaldo José Gianini

Referral patterns to primary mental health services in Western Sydney (Australia): an analysis of routinely collected data (2005–2018)

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Sithum Munasinghe, Andrew Page, Haider Mannan, Shahana Ferdousi, Brendan Peek

Schizophrenia in the context of mental health services in Palestine: a literature review

Mohammad Marie, Zareefa Shaabna, Manahel Saleh

Creation of consensus recommendations for collaborative practice in the Malaysian psychiatric system: a modified Delphi study

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Wendy Shoesmith, Sze Hung Chua, Beena Giridharan, Dawn Forman, Sue Fyfe

WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG): the first pre-service training study

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Ashmita Chaulagain, Laura Pacione, Jibril Abdulmalik, Peter Hughes, Kopchak Oksana, Stanislav Chumak, José Mendoza, Kristine Avetisyan, Gayane Ghazaryan, Khachatur Gasparyan, Eka Chkonia, Chiara Servili, Neerja Chowdhury, Iryna Pinchuk, Myron Belfar, Anthony Guerrero, Lilya Panteleeva, Norbert Skokauskas

An explanatory model of factors enabling sustainability of let’s talk in an adult mental health service: a participatory case study

Becca Allchin, Brendan O’Hanlon, Bente M. Weimand, Fran Boyer, Georgia Cripps, Lisa Gill, Brooke Paisley, Sian Pietsch, Brad Wynne, Melinda Goodyear

“We can’t carry the weight of the whole world”: illness experiences among Peruvian older adults with symptoms of depression and anxiety

Oscar Flores-Flores, Alejandro Zevallos-Morales, Ivonne Carrión, Dalia Pawer, Lorena Rey, W. Checkley, J. R. Hurst, T. Siddharthan, Jose F. Parodi, Joseph J. Gallo, Suzanne L. Pollard

Stakeholder perspectives of Community Mental Health Forums: a qualitative study in Sierra Leone

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Ben Adams, Frédérique Vallières, Joshua Abioseh Duncan, Agnes Higgins, Julian Eaton

Developing a Theory of Change model of service user and caregiver involvement in mental health system strengthening in primary health care in rural Ethiopia

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Sisay Abayneh, Heidi Lempp, Atalay Alem, Brandon A. Kohrt, Abebaw Fekadu, Charlotte Hanlon

Prevalence and associated factors of depression among Jimma University students. A cross-sectional study

Gutema Ahmed, Alemayehu Negash, Habtamu Kerebih, Daniel Alemu, Yonas Tesfaye

Development of mental healthcare in Cambodia: barriers and opportunities

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Sarah J. Parry, Nil Ean, Shirley P. Sinclair, Ewan Wilkinson

Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among UNRWA* health staff in Jordan concerning mental health programme pre-implementation: a cross-sectional study

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Yassir Turki, Suha Saleh, Shatha Albaik, Yasmeen Barham, Dorien van de Vrie, Yousef Shahin, Majed Hababeh, Merve Armagan, Akihiro Seita

Self-stigma and medication adherence among patients with mental illness treated at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

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Eba Abdisa, Ginenus Fekadu, Shimelis Girma, Tesfaye Shibiru, Temesgen Tilahun, Habib Mohamed, Aaga Wakgari, Amsalu Takele, Milkias Abebe, Reta Tsegaye

Roadmap to strengthen global mental health systems to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Pallab K. Maulik, Graham Thornicroft, Shekhar Saxena

Assessing the impacts of the Agenda Gap intervention for youth mental health promotion through policy engagement: a study protocol

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Emily Jenkins, Rebecca Haines-Saah, Liza McGuinness, Saima Hirani, Noah Boakye-Yiadom, Tanya Halsall, Robert Rivers, Jonathan Morris

Barriers and facilitators to the effective de-escalation of conflict behaviours in forensic high-secure settings: a qualitative study

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Helena Goodman, Cat Papastavrou Brooks, Owen Price, Elizabeth Alexandra Barley

Integrating depression care within NCD provision in Bangladesh and Pakistan: a qualitative study

Jerome Wright, Papiya Mazumdar, Deepa Barua, Silwa Lina, Humaira Bibi, Ateeqa Kanwal, Faiza Mujeeb, Qirat Naz, Rahim Safi, Baha Ul Haq, Rusham Zahra Rana, Papreen Nahar, Hannah Jennings, Siham Sikander, Rumana Huque, Asad Nizami, Cath Jackson

Lived experience peer support programs for suicide prevention: a systematic scoping review

Marisa Schlichthorst, Ingrid Ozols, Lennart Reifels, Amy Morgan

“We need more big trees as well as the grass roots”: going beyond research capacity building to develop sustainable careers in mental health research in African countries

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Lisa F. Langhaug, Helen Jack, Charlotte Hanlon, Stefan Holzer, Katherine Sorsdahl, Barbara Mutedzi, Walter Mangezi, Christopher Merritt, Atalay Alem, Robert Stewart, Chiwoza Bandawe, Rosemary Musesengwa, Melanie Abas, Dixon Chibanda, Crick Lund

Mental health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a review

Florence Jaguga, Edith Kwobah

An evaluation of a mental health literacy course for Arabic speaking religious and community leaders in Australia: effects on posttraumatic stress disorder related knowledge, attitudes and help-seeking

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Shameran Slewa-Younan, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Yaser Mohammad, Henry Lim, Gabriela Martinez, Randa Saleh, Michele Sapucci

Correction to: “We can’t carry the weight of the whole world”: Illness experiences among Peruvian older adults with symptoms of depression and anxiety

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Oscar Flores-Flores, Alejandro Zevallos-Morales, Ivonne Carrión, Dalia Pawer, Lorena Rey, William Checkley, John R. Hurst, Trishul Siddharthan, Jose F. Parodi, Joseph J. Gallo, Suzanne L. Pollard

Stakeholders' perceptions of child and adolescent mental health services in a South African district: a qualitative study

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Gbotemi Bukola Babatunde, André Janse van Rensburg, Arvin Bhana, Inge Petersen

Identifying and treating maternal mental health difficulties in Afghanistan: A feasibility study

Mark Tomlinson, Deepika Chaudhery, Habibullah Ahmadzai, Sofía Rodríguez Gómez, Cécile Bizouerne, Thandi van Heyningen, Mickey Chopra

Depression and experience of incarceration in North Central Nigeria: a situation analysis at Makurdi medium security prison

Emeka Nwefoh, Chinyere M. Aguocha, Grace Ryan, Philip Ode, Festus O. Ighagbon, Oyedele Akinjola, Samuel Omoi, Jibril Abdulmalik, Terkura M. Agbir, Obekpa Obekpa, Samuel Ogbole, Julian Eaton

Prevalence and social determinants of psychological distress among people who use drugs in Cambodia

Chan Hang Saing, Kiesha Prem, Ponha Uk, Navy Chann, Pheak Chhoun, Phalkun Mun, Sovannary Tuot, Siyan Yi

Patterns of primary care among persons with schizophrenia: the role of patients, general practitioners and centre factors

Mª Carmen Castillejos Anguiano, Carlos Martín Pérez, Antonio Bordallo Aragón, Jesus Sepúlveda Muñoz, Berta Moreno Küstner

An integrative collaborative care model for people with mental illness and physical comorbidities

C. Ee, J. Lake, J. Firth, F. Hargraves, M. de Manincor, T. Meade, W. Marx, J. Sarris

Responding to mental health needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey: mhGAP training impact assessment

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Akfer Karaoğlan Kahiloğulları, Esra Alataş, Fatmagül Ertuğrul, Altin Malaj

Correction to: Identifying and treating maternal mental health difficulties in Afghanistan: A feasibility study

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Mark Tomlinson, Deepika Chaudhery, Habibullah Ahmadzai, Sofía Rodríguez Gómez, Cécile Bizouerne, Thandi van Heyningen, Mickey Chopra

Experiences of barriers to trans-sectoral treatment of patients with severe mental illness. A qualitative study.

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Annette Sofie Davidsen, Johan Davidsen, Alexandra Brandt Ryborg Jønsson, Maria Haahr Nielsen, Pia Kürstein Kjellberg, Susanne Reventlow

Analysis of news media reports of suicides and attempted suicides during the COVID-19 lockdown in India

Soumitra Pathare, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Tanya Nicole Fernandes, Manisha Shastri, Arjun Kapoor, Deepa Pandit, Isha Lohumi, Somidha Ray, Arti Kulkarni, Palak Korde

Barriers and drivers to capacity-building in global mental health projects

Tarik Endale, Onaiza Qureshi, Grace Kathryn Ryan, Georgina Miguel Esponda, Ruth Verhey, Julian Eaton, Mary De Silva, Jill Murphy

The use of pasung for people with mental illness: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

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Muhamad Taufik Hidayat, Sharon Lawn, Eimear Muir-Cochrane, Candice Oster

Effective therapeutic interventions for Australian adolescents using alcohol and/or other drugs: a scoping review

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Jennifer Martin, Marg Liddell, Susan Roberts, Emily Greenwood

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