Issue 1/2021
Content (87 Articles)
The effects of intensive home treatment on self-efficacy in patients recovering from a psychiatric crisis
- Open Access
- Schizophrenia
- Research
Ansam Barakat, Matthijs Blankers, Jurgen E Cornelis, Nick M Lommerse, Aartjan T F Beekman, Jack J M Dekker
Depressive symptoms and health service utilization among Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a national population-based longitudinal survey
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Jing Guo, Dexia Kong, Liming Fang, Yingxue Zhu, Bo Zhang
Depressive symptoms and their determinants in patients who are on antiretroviral therapy in the case of a low-income country, Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Opportunistic Infection
- Research
Mogesie Necho, Asmare Belete, Mekonnen Tsehay
Traditional and biomedical care pathways for mental well‐being in rural Nepal
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Tony V. Pham, Rishav Koirala, Brandon A. Kohrt
Barriers and facilitators for scaling up mental health and psychosocial support interventions in low- and middle-income countries for populations affected by humanitarian crises: a systematic review
- Open Access
- Review
Jordan Troup, Daniela C. Fuhr, Aniek Woodward, Egbert Sondorp, Bayard Roberts
Effect of a peer‐led intervention combining mental health promotion with coping‐strategy‐based workshops on mental health awareness, help‐seeking behavior, and wellbeing among university students in Hong Kong
- Open Access
- Coping Skills
- Research
Daniel Kwasi Ahorsu, Dalinda Isabel Sánchez Vidaña, Donald Lipardo, Parth Bharat Shah, Pablo Cruz González, Sachin Shende, Shilpa Gurung, Harun Venkatesan, Anchalee Duongthipthewa, Talha Qasim Ansari, Veronika Schoeb
Community mental health care in Mexico: a regional perspective from a mid-income country
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Jaime Carmona-Huerta, Sol Durand-Arias, Allen Rodriguez, Carmen Guarner-Catalá, David Cardona-Muller, Eduardo Madrigal-de-León, Rubén Alvarado
Scaling‐up school mental health services in low resource public schools of rural Pakistan: the Theory of Change (ToC) approach
- Open Access
- Research
Syed Usman Hamdani, Zill-e- Huma, Nadia Suleman, Azza Warraitch, Naila Muzzafar, Midhat Farzeen, Fareed Aslam Minhas, Atif Rahman, Lawrence S. Wissow
Management of unexplained: poly-consultation and hyperfrequency on Primary Health Chilean Attention. A qualitative and exploratory study
- Open Access
- Research
Nicolás Fuster Sánchez, Diego Rivera López, Hugo Sir Retamales, Constanza Gómez Pérez, Magdalena Rodríguez Torres
Review of Australian initiatives to reduce stigma towards people with complex mental illness: what exists and what works?
- Open Access
- Schizophrenia
- Research
Amy J. Morgan, Judith Wright, Nicola J. Reavley
Effect of adding a psychological intervention to routine care of common mental disorders in a specialized mental healthcare facility in Pakistan: a randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Syed Usman Hamdani, Zill-e- Huma, Aqsa Masood, Kaina Zhou, Zainab Ahmed, Huma Nazir, Hania Amin, Parveen Akhtar, Richard A. Bryant, Katie Dawson, Mark van Ommeren, Duolao Wang, Atif Rahman, Fareed Aslam Minhas
Qualitative research of informal caregivers’ personal experiences caring for older adults with dementia in Lithuania
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Ausrine Kontrimiene, Jolanta Sauseriene, Aurelija Blazeviciene, Gediminas Raila, Lina Jaruseviciene
Suicidal ideation, attempt, and its associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis study
- Open Access
- Suicide
- Research
Mogesie Necho, Mekonnen Tsehay, Yosef Zenebe
Barriers and drivers to service delivery in global mental health projects
- Open Access
- Research
Onaiza Qureshi, Tarik Endale, Grace Ryan, Georgina Miguel-Esponda, Srividya N. Iyer, Julian Eaton, Mary De Silva, Jill Murphy
SMART Mental Health Project: process evaluation to understand the barriers and facilitators for implementation of multifaceted intervention in rural India
- Open Access
- Research
Abha Tewari, Sudha Kallakuri, Siddhardha Devarapalli, David Peiris, Anushka Patel, Pallab K. Maulik
Implementing child and youth mental health services: early lessons from the Australian Primary Health Network Lead Site Project
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Sanne Oostermeijer, Bridget Bassilios, Angela Nicholas, Michelle Williamson, Anna Machlin, Meredith Harris, Philip Burgess, Jane Pirkis
Cross-sectional study of mental health related knowledge and attitudes among care assistant workers in Guangzhou, China
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Jie Li, Xiao-Ling Duan, Hua-Qing Zhong, Wen Chen, Sara Evans‑Lacko, Graham Thornicroft
Lessons from a theory of change-driven evaluation of a global mental health funding portfolio
- Open Access
- Research
G. Miguel Esponda, G. K. Ryan, G. Lockwood Estrin, S. Usmani, L. Lee, J. Murphy, O. Qureshi, T. Endale, M. Regan, J. Eaton, M. De Silva
The mental health impact of COVID-19 outbreak: a Nationwide Survey in Iran
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Reza Shahriarirad, Amirhossein Erfani, Keivan Ranjbar, Amir Bazrafshan, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh
Global mental health should engage with the ethics of involuntary admission
- Open Access
- Commentary
Marisha N. Wickremsinhe
Readiness to deliver person‐focused care in a fragile situation: the case of Mental Health Services in Lebanon
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Aya Noubani, Karin Diaconu, Giulia Loffreda, Shadi Saleh
Prevention and management of physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders: WHO recommendations
- Open Access
- Guideline
Petra C. Gronholm, Neerja Chowdhary, Corrado Barbui, Jayati Das-Munshi, Kavitha Kolappa, Graham Thornicroft, Maya Semrau, Tarun Dua
Developing a task-sharing psychological intervention to treat mild to moderate symptoms of perinatal depression and anxiety in South Africa: a mixed-method formative study
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Sonet Boisits, Zulfa Abrahams, Marguerite Schneider, Simone Honikman, Debra Kaminer, Crick Lund
Development of a culturally sensitive Arabic version of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.-AR) and validation of the depression module
- Open Access
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Research
Carine Karnouk, Kerem Böge, Nico Lindheimer, Dana Churbaji, Shaymaa Abdelmagid, Sara Mohamad, Eric Hahn, Malek Bajbouj
Process evaluation of TeamUp: a movement-based psychosocial intervention for refugee children in the Netherlands
- Open Access
- Research
Alexandra C. E. Bleile, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, Katia Verreault, Karin Abeling, Elin Hofman, Willem Vriend, Adnan Hasan, Mark J. D. Jordans
Organizing as negotiation: the construction of a pathway in Norwegian mental health services
- Open Access
- Research
Tine Nesbø Tørseth
Prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempted suicide in the general population of Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Open Access
- Suicide
- Review
Berhanu Boru Bifftu, Bewket Tadesse Tiruneh, Berihun Assefa Dachew, Yonas Deressa Guracho
Assessment of alcohol use disorder and its associated factors among alcohol users of medical and surgical outpatients attending a specialized hospital in Gondar, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Research
Demeke Demilew, Berhanu Boru, Getachew Tesfaw, Habtamu Kerebih, Endalamaw Salelew
Characterizing individuals accessing mental health services in the UAE: a focus on youth living in Dubai
- Open Access
- Anxiety or Fear-Related Disorders
- Research
Mariapaola Barbato, Shaikha Al Hemeiri, Shorouk Nafie, Baraa A. Dhuhair, Nadia T. Dabbagh
Barriers and drivers to stakeholder engagement in global mental health projects
- Open Access
- Research
Jill Murphy, Onaiza Qureshi, Tarik Endale, Georgina Miguel Esponda, Soumitra Pathare, Julian Eaton, Mary De Silva, Grace Ryan
The burden of mental disorder in Sierra Leone: a retrospective observational evaluation of programmatic data from the roll out of decentralised nurse-led mental health units
- Open Access
- Ebola Virus
- Research
Helen Hopwood, Stephen Sevalie, Moshi Optat Herman, Dawn Harris, Katharine Collet, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Fenella Beynon
Effectiveness of a Community-based Group Mindfulness Program tailored for Arabic and Bangla-speaking Migrants
- Open Access
- Mindfulness
- Research
Ilse Blignault, Hend Saab, Lisa Woodland, Haider Mannan, Arshdeep Kaur
Enhancing psychological safety in mental health services
- Open Access
- Review
D. F. Hunt, J. Bailey, B. R. Lennox, M. Crofts, C. Vincent
Impact of intensive training on mental health, the experience of Port Said, Egypt
- Open Access
- Research
Saverio Bellizzi, Amal Khalil, Ahmed Sawahel, Alessandra Nivoli, Liliana Lorettu, Dina Sabry Said, Susanna Padrini
Situational analysis of service provision for adolescents with mental and neurological disorders in in two districts of Ghana
- Open Access
- Research
Adrienne Formentos, Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise, Solomon Nyame, Kwaku Poku Asante
Effects of the Mental Health First Aid for the suicidal person course on beliefs about suicide, stigmatising attitudes, confidence to help, and intended and actual helping actions: an evaluation
- Open Access
- Suicide
- Research
Kathy S. Bond, Fairlie A. Cottrill, Andrew Mackinnon, Amy J. Morgan, Claire M. Kelly, Greg Armstrong, Betty A. Kitchener, Nicola J. Reavley, Anthony F. Jorm
Factors associated with involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in Portugal
- Open Access
- Psychiatric Treatment
- Research
Manuela Silva, Ana Antunes, Sofia Azeredo-Lopes, Adriana Loureiro, Benedetto Saraceno, José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, Graça Cardoso
Flexible assertive community treatment teams can change complex and fragmented service systems: experiences of service providers
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Kristin Trane, Kristian Aasbrenn, Martin Rønningen, Sigrun Odden, Annika Lexén, Anne Landheim
Knowledge of mental health symptoms and help seeking attitude in a population-based sample in Hong Kong
- Open Access
- Dementia
- Research
Ada Wai Tung Fung, Linda Chiu Wa Lam, Sandra Sau Man Chan, Sing Lee
Perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge of teachers serving as mental health lay counselors in a low and middle income country: a mixed methods pragmatic pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Christina M. Cruz, Molly M. Lamb, Priscilla Giri, Juliana Vanderburg, Peter Ferrarone, Surekha Bhattarai, Aileen A. Giardina, Karen Hampanda, Bradley N. Gaynes, Michael Matergia
“We do not know how to screen and provide treatment”: a qualitative study of barriers and enablers of implementing perinatal depression health services in Ethiopia
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Abel Fekadu Dadi, Emma R. Miller, Telake Azale, Lillian Mwanri
Lifetime relapse and its associated factors among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who are on follow up at Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Schizophrenia
- Research
Solomon Moges, Tilahun Belete, Tesfa Mekonen, Melak Menberu
How therapists and patients need to develop a clinical feedback system after 18 months of use in a practice-research network: a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Christian Moltu, Andrew A. McAleavey, Marianne M. Helleseth, Geir Helge Møller, Sam S. Nordberg
The prevalence of depression, stress and anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic heart failure
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Nqoba Tsabedze, Jamie-Leigh Hayes Kinsey, Dineo Mpanya, Vanessa Mogashoa, Eric Klug, Pravin Manga
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of integrating the management of depression into routine HIV Care in Uganda (the HIV + D trial): A protocol for a cluster-randomised trial
- Open Access
- Public Health
- Study protocol
Eugene Kinyanda, Leticia Kyohangirwe, Richard S. Mpango, Christine Tusiime, Joshua Ssebunnya, Kenneth Katumba, Patrick Tenywa, James Mugisha, Geoffrey Taasi, Hafsa Sentongo, Dickens Akena, Yoko Laurence, Wilson Muhwezi, Helen A. Weiss, Melissa Neuman, Giulia Greco, Birthe Knizek, Jonathan Levin, Pontiano Kaleebu, Ricardo Araya, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Vikram Patel
Correction to: Walking the tightrope-perspectives on local politicians’ role in implementing a national social care policy on evidence-based practice
- Open Access
- Correction
A. Bäck, C. Ståhl, U. von Thiele Schwarz, A. Richter, H. Hasson
Scaling-up a new socio-mental health service model in Iran to reduce burden of neuropsychiatric disorders: an economic evaluation study
- Open Access
- Research
Seyede Sedighe Hosseini Jebeli, Aziz Rezapour, Ahmad Hajebi, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Behzad Damari
Family care for persons with severe mental illness: experiences and perspectives of caregivers in Uganda
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
F. Verity, A. Turiho, B. B. Mutamba, D. Cappo
Contribution of researchers in the Arab region to peer-reviewed literature on mental health and well-being of university students
- Open Access
- General Medicine
- Research
Waleed M. Sweileh
Mental health consequences of home demolition policy towered Palestinians: Literature review
- Open Access
- Anxiety
- Research
Mohammed Marie, Sana SaadAdeen
Lay social workers implementing a task-sharing approach to managing depression in Vietnam
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Leena W. Chau, Jill Murphy, Vu Cong Nguyen, Hayami Lou, Huyen Khanh, Trang Thu, Harry Minas, John O’Neil
Effectiveness of a technology-assisted, family volunteers delivered, brief, multicomponent parents’ skills training intervention for children with developmental disorders in rural Pakistan: a cluster randomized controlled trial
- Open Access
- Developmental Disorder
- Research
Syed Usman Hamdani, Zill-e- Huma, Nadia Suleman, Parveen Akhtar, Huma Nazir, Aqsa Masood, Mahjabeen Tariq, Ahmareen Koukab, Erica Salomone, Laura Pacione, Felicity Brown, Stephanie Shire, Siham Sikander, Chiara Servili, Duolao Wang, Fareed Aslam Minhas, Atif Rahman
Program evaluation of a student-led peer support service at a Canadian university
- Open Access
- Research
Rahul Suresh, Zoe Karkossa, Jérémie Richard, Maharshee Karia
Assessing mental health literacy of primary health care workers in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey
- Open Access
- Schizophrenia
- Research
Elijah Marangu, Fethi Mansouri, Natisha Sands, David Ndetei, Peterson Muriithi, Karen Wynter, Helen Rawson
Psychological and social interventions for mental health issues and disorders in Southeast Asia: a systematic review
- Open Access
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Review
Alan Maddock, Carolyn Blair, Nil Ean, Paul Best
Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adults in Malawi: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in 2017
- Open Access
- Suicide
- Research
Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer
Factors contributing to emotional distress in Sierra Leone: a socio-ecological analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Rebecca Horn, Stella Arakelyan, Haja Wurie, Alastair Ager
Facilitators, barriers and potential solutions to the integration of depression and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) care in Malawi: a qualitative study with service providers
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Chifundo Colleta Zimba, Christopher F. Akiba, Maureen Matewere, Annie Thom, Michael Udedi, Jones Kaponda Masiye, Kazione Kulisewa, Vivian Fei-ling Go, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Bradley Neil Gaynes, Brian Wells Pence
Mental healthcare for asylum-seekers and refugees residing in the United Kingdom: a scoping review of policies, barriers, and enablers
- Open Access
- Research
Teresa Pollard, Natasha Howard
Commonly diagnosed mental disorders in a general hospital system
- Open Access
- Schizophrenia
- Research
George Scott, Alessandra M. Beauchamp-Lebrón, Ashley A. Rosa-Jiménez, Javier G. Hernández-Justiniano, Axel Ramos-Lucca, Gloria Asencio-Toro, Julio Jiménez-Chávez
Prevalence of and factors associated with depression in the hill tribe population aged 40 years and older in northern Thailand
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Onnalin Singkhorn, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Khanittha Pitchalard, Katemanee Moonpanane, Pawadee Hamtanon, Rachanee Sunsern, Yosapon Leaungsomnapa, Jintana Thepsaw
Stakeholders’ perspectives on integrating the management of depression into routine HIV care in Uganda: qualitative findings from a feasibility study
- Open Access
- Antidepressant Drugs
- Research
Rwamahe Rutakumwa, Joshua Ssebunnya, James Mugisha, Richard Steven Mpango, Christine Tusiime, Leticia Kyohangirwe, Geoffrey Taasi, Hafsa Sentongo, Pontiano Kaleebu, Vikram Patel, Eugene Kinyanda
The capacity-building role of community liaison workers with refugee communities in Victoria, Australia
- Open Access
- Research
Karen Wei, Prem Chopra, Susie Strehlow, Mardi Stow, Ida Kaplan, Josef Szwarc, Harry Minas
Adherence to clinical guidelines in integration of mental health services into primary health care in Mbarara, southwestern Uganda: a medical records review
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Edith K. Wakida, Moses Ocan, Godfrey Z. Rukundo, Samuel Maling, Peter Ssebutinde, Elialilia S. Okello, Zohray M. Talib, Celestino Obua
Child and adolescent mental health services in Uganda
- Open Access
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Review
Silje Akselberg Iversen, Joyce Nalugya, Juliet N. Babirye, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Norbert Skokauskas
Outcomes of community-based suicide prevention program in primary health care of Iran
- Open Access
- Suicide
- Research
Hosein Azizi, Ali Fakhari, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Elham Davtalab Esmaeili, Mohammad Mirzapour
Exploring men’s use of mental health support offered by an Australian Employee Assistance Program (EAP): perspectives from a focus-group study with males working in blue- and white-collar industries
- Open Access
- Suicide
- Research
Lynda R. Matthews, Jacky Gerald, Glenda M. Jessup
Correction to: Review of Australian initiatives to reduce stigma towards people with complex mental illness: what exists and what works?
- Open Access
- Correction
Amy J. Morgan, Judith Wright, Nicola J. Reavley
Quality of mental health services and rights of people receiving treatment in inpatient services in Finland: a cross-sectional observational survey with the WHO QualityRights Tool Kit
- Open Access
- Research
Tella Lantta, Minna Anttila, Maritta Välimäki
Revisiting caregiver satisfaction with children’s mental health services in the United States
- Open Access
- Care
- Review
Lauren F. Seibel, Robin Peth-Pierce, Kimberly E. Hoagwood
The architecture of the primary mental healthcare system for older people in India: what public policies tell us
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Tom Kafczyk, Kerstin Hämel
Scaling up care for perinatal depression for improved maternal and infant health (SPECTRA): protocol of a hybrid implementation study of the impact of a cascade training of primary maternal care providers in Nigeria
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Study protocol
Oye Gureje, Bibilola Oladeji, Olatunde Olayinka Ayinde, Lola Kola, Jibril Abdulmalik, Waheed Akinola Lanre Abass, Neda Faregh, Phyllis Zelkowitz
Perceived causes of mental illness and views on appropriate care pathways among Indonesians
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Sabrina Gabrielle Anjara, Carol Brayne, Tine Van Bortel
Correction to: Organizing as negotiation: the construction of a pathway in Norwegian mental health services
- Open Access
- Correction
Tine Nesbø Tørseth
Effects of the Mental Health and Welfare Law revision on schizophrenia patients in Korea: an interrupted time series analysis
- Open Access
- Schizophrenia
- Research
Jongho Heo, Nan-He Yoon, Soyoun Shin, Soo-Young Yu, Manwoo Lee
Types of stigma experienced by patients with mental illness and mental health nurses in Indonesia: a qualitative content analysis
- Open Access
- Research
Muhammad Arsyad Subu, Del Fatma Wati, Netrida Netrida, Vetty Priscilla, Jacqueline Maria Dias, Mini Sarah Abraham, Shameran Slewa-Younan, Nabeel Al-Yateem
A mixed methods exploration of the role of multi-family groups in community treatment of patients with depression and anxiety in Pakistan
- Open Access
- Mood Disorders
- Research
Saniya Saleem, Anayat Baig, Sana Sajun, Victoria Bird, Stefan Priebe, Aneeta Pasha
The Youth Aware of Mental Health program in Australian Secondary Schools: 3- and 6-month outcomes
- Open Access
- Suicide
- Research
Lauren McGillivray, Fiona Shand, Alison L. Calear, Philip J. Batterham, Demee Rheinberger, Nicola A. Chen, Alexander Burnett, Michelle Torok
How does context influence the delivery of mental health interventions for asylum seekers and refugees in low- and middle-income countries? A qualitative systematic review
- Open Access
- Review
Sohail Jannesari, Claudia Lotito, Giulia Turrini, Siân Oram, Corrado Barbui
Exploring the perceived challenges and support needs of Indonesian mental health stakeholders: a qualitative study
- Open Access
- Research
Adelia Khrisna Putri, Nuvi Gustriawanto, Satwika Rahapsari, Anna Rusdiyana Sholikhah, Sanidya Prabaswara, Annisa Cahya Kusumawardhani, Susi Ari Kristina
Assessment of catatonia and inter-rater reliability of three instruments: a descriptive study
- Open Access
- Catatonia
- Research
Zukiswa Zingela, Louise Stroud, Johan Cronje, Max Fink, Stephan van Wyk
Survey of non-conventional mental health care facilities in Côte d’Ivoire: first stage
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Asseman Médard Koua, François Djo Bi Djo, Raymond N’Guessan Kouadio, Zoumana Coulibaly, Eric Sreu, Eméric Désiré Konandri, Aka N’zi Jean Vincent Koua, Sharon Huppertz, Gesine Heetderks, Michael Huppertz
Determinants of timely access to Specialized Mental Health Services and maintenance of a link with primary care: a cross-sectional study
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel, Ioannis Bakolis, Rosana Teresa Onocko-Campos
Pathways to mental health care in Nepal: a 14-center nationwide study
- Open Access
- Care
- Research
Anoop Krishna Gupta, Sulochana Joshi, Bikram Kafle, Ranjan Thapa, Manisha Chapagai, Suraj Nepal, Abhash Niraula, Sreya Paudyal, Prabhat Sapkota, Reet Poudel, Bina Sing Gurung, Prabhakar Pokhrel, Robin Jha, Sanjib Pandit, Suresh Thapaliya, Shuva Shrestha, Umberto Volpe, Norman Sartorius
Shifting North American drug markets and challenges for the system of care
- Open Access
- Public Health
- Commentary
R. Michael Krausz, Jean N. Westenberg, Nickie Mathew, George Budd, James S. H. Wong, Vivian W. L. Tsang, Marc Vogel, Conor King, Vijay Seethapathy, Kerry Jang, Fiona Choi
“A mismatch between what is happening on the inside and going on, on the outside”: a qualitative study of therapists’ perspectives on student mental health
- Open Access
- Research
Maja Anna Marszalek, Helene Faksvåg, Thea Hannestad Frøystadvåg, Ottar Ness, Marius Veseth
