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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A qualitative exploration of service users’ and staff members’ perspectives on the roles of inpatient settings in mental health recovery
Clara De Ruysscher, Stijn Vandevelde, Peter Tomlinson, Stijn Vanheule
Implementing civic engagement within mental health services in South East Asia: a systematic review and realist synthesis of current evidence
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
Cheryl Forchuk, Mary-Lou Martin, Deborrah Sherman, Deborah Corring, Rani Srivastava, Tony O’Regan, Sebastian Gyamfi, Boniface Harerimana
Prevalence and factors associated with higher levels of perceived stigma among people with schizophrenia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Getachew Tesfaw, Boki Kibru, Getinet Ayano
Framework and approach for measuring performance and progress of mental health systems and services in India: National Mental Health Survey 2015–2016
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
Georgina Miguel-Esponda, Nathaniel Bohm-Levine, Fátima Gabriela Rodríguez-Cuevas, Alex Cohen, Ritsuko Kakuma
Implementation of a novel return-to-work approach for persons with affective disorders in a traditional vocational rehabilitation context: a case study
Suzanne Johanson, Urban Markström, Maria E. Larsson, Ulrika Bejerholm
Prevention and early intervention in youth mental health: is it time for a multidisciplinary and trans-diagnostic model for care?
Marco Colizzi, Antonio Lasalvia, Mirella Ruggeri
Oral health interventions for people living with mental disorders: protocol for a realist systematic review
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
The experience of long stay in high and medium secure psychiatric hospitals in England: qualitative study of the patient perspective
Jessica Holley, Tim Weaver, Birgit Völlm
Perspectives of mental healthcare providers on pathways to improved employment for persons with mental disorders in two lower middle-income countries
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
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)
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
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
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)
Sithum Munasinghe, Andrew Page, Haider Mannan, Shahana Ferdousi, Brendan Peek
Mental health and psychosocial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: the invisible elephant in the room
Akaninyene Otu, Carlo Handy Charles, Sanni Yaya
Combining online and offline peer support groups in community mental health care settings: a qualitative study of service users’ experiences
Monica Strand, Lillian Sofie Eng, Deede Gammon
Implementation outcomes of cognitive behavioural therapy delivered by non-specialists for common mental disorders and substance-use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
Ibone J. Verhey, Grace K. Ryan, Nathaniel Scherer, Jessica F. Magidson
Experiences, opinions and current policies on users’ choice and change of the allocated primary mental health professional: a survey among directors of community mental health centers in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy
G. Rioli, S. Ferrari, C. Henderson, G. M. Galeazzi
A heuristic model for collaborative practice – Part 1: a meta-synthesis of empirical findings on collaborative strategies in community mental health and substance abuse practice
Rolf Sundet, Hesook Suzie Kim, Bengt Eirik Karlsson, Marit Borg, Knut Tore Sælør, Ottar Ness
A heuristic model for collaborative practice—part 2: development of the collaborative, dialogue-based clinical practice model for community mental health and substance abuse care
Rolf Sundet, Hesook Suzie Kim, Bengt Eirik Karlsson, Marit Borg, Knut Tore Sælør, Ottar Ness
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
Wendy Shoesmith, Sze Hung Chua, Beena Giridharan, Dawn Forman, Sue Fyfe
Analysis of attempted suicide episodes presenting to the emergency department: comparison of young, middle aged and older people
Soo Hyun Kim, Han Joon Kim, Sang Hoon Oh, Kyungman Cha
WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG): the first pre-service training study
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
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
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
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
Yassir Turki, Suha Saleh, Shatha Albaik, Yasmeen Barham, Dorien van de Vrie, Yousef Shahin, Majed Hababeh, Merve Armagan, Akihiro Seita
Prevalence of depression and associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients attending antiretroviral therapy clinic at Dessie referral hospital, South Wollo, Ethiopia
Seada Seid, Oumer Abdu, Mebratu Mitiku, Koku Sisay Tamirat
Self-stigma and medication adherence among patients with mental illness treated at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia
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
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
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
Helena Goodman, Cat Papastavrou Brooks, Owen Price, Elizabeth Alexandra Barley
Exploring staff conceptions of prevention and management practices in encounters with staff-directed aggression in supported housing following education and training
Erlend R. Maagerø-Bangstad, Knut Tore Sælør, Ole Greger Lillevik, Ottar Ness
Youth unemployment and mental health: prevalence and associated factors of depression among unemployed young adults in Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia
Hirbaye Mokona, Kalkidan Yohannes, Getinet Ayano
Using the GHQ-12 to screen for mental health problems among primary care patients: psychometrics and practical considerations
S. G. Anjara, C. Bonetto, T. Van Bortel, C. Brayne
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
Prevalence and associated factors of common mental disorders among residents of Illu Ababore zone, southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Nigus Alemnew Engidaw, Zakir Abdu, Ishwari Chinani
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
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
Applying a general systems theory framework in mental health treatment pathways: the case of the Hellenic Center of Mental Health and Research
Panagiotis Katrakazas, Aliki Grigoriadou, Dimitrios Koutsouris
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
Shameran Slewa-Younan, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Yaser Mohammad, Henry Lim, Gabriela Martinez, Randa Saleh, Michele Sapucci
Health-related publications on people living in fragile states in the alert zone: a bibliometric analysis
Waleed M. Sweileh
Psychological trauma and access to primary healthcare for people from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds: a mixed methods systematic review
Clemence Due, Erin Green, Anna Ziersch
Correction to: “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, 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
Gbotemi Bukola Babatunde, André Janse van Rensburg, Arvin Bhana, Inge Petersen
Community-based psychosocial substance use disorder interventions in low-and-middle-income countries: a narrative literature review
Jan Manuel Heijdra Suasnabar, Bethany Hipple Walters
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
Detection and prevalence of depression among adult type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending non-communicable diseases clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi
Michael Udedi, Brian W. Pence, Robert C. Stewart, Adamson S. Muula
Measures of depression, generalized anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorders amongst Yazidi female survivors of ISIS slavery and violence
Perjan Hashim Taha, Shameran Slewa-Younan
Mindfulness for psychosis groups; description and preliminary evaluation of a novel routine care pathway in Hong Kong
K. T. Ting, Wendy Tam, Pamela Jacobsen
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
Akfer Karaoğlan Kahiloğulları, Esra Alataş, Fatmagül Ertuğrul, Altin Malaj
Correction to: 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
Professionals’ perspectives on factors within primary mental health services that can affect pathways to involuntary psychiatric admissions
Irene Wormdahl, Tonje Lossius Husum, Jorun Rugkåsa, Marit B. Rise
Experiences of barriers to trans-sectoral treatment of patients with severe mental illness. A qualitative study.
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
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
Jennifer Martin, Marg Liddell, Susan Roberts, Emily Greenwood