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"We Are Not Really Marketing Mental Health": Mental Health Advocacy in Zimbabwe

scientific article

"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

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

'I was thinking too much': experiences of HIV-positive adults with common mental disorders and poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

'Opening up the mind': problem-solving therapy delivered by female lay health workers to improve access to evidence-based care for depression and other common mental disorders through the Friendship Bench Project in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

'Simulation-based learning in psychiatry for undergraduates at the University of Zimbabwe medical school'.

scientific article

A Cascade of Interventions to Promote Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in African Countries

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

A Task-Shifting Problem-Solving Therapy Intervention for Depression and Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence for People Living With HIV in Zimbabwe: Case Series

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Antenatal depressive symptoms as a predictor of deterioration in perceived social support across the perinatal period: a four-wave cohort study in Turkey.

scientific article

Assessing Mental Health in Different Cultures

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Building Career Development Skills for Researchers: A Qualitative Study Across Four African Countries

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Building mental health workforce capacity through training and retention of psychiatrists in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on August 2014

Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly

article published in 2000

Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE). Development, validity and reliability

scientific article published in May 2000

Changes in mental disorder prevalence among conflict-affected populations: a prospective study in Sri Lanka (COMRAID-R).

scientific article

Characteristics of trafficked adults and children with severe mental illness: a historical cohort study.

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

Common mental disorders and primary health care: current practice in low-income countries

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Community care of the elderly: some problems viewed from one inner city area

Cultural adaptation of a cognitive-behavioural intervention to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe: Nzira Itsva

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Depression and anxiety among women in an urban setting in Zimbabwe.

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Depression and mortality in a high-risk population. 11-Year follow-up of the Medical Research Council Elderly Hypertension Trial

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Depression and suicide in older people: Report of a workshop held at the ciba foundation, London, on November 11, 1994

Depression in people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: time to act.

scientific article

Depressive illness--Zimbabwe

scientific article published in January 1994

Determinants of common mental disorder, alcohol use disorder and cognitive morbidity among people coming for HIV testing in Goa, India

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Developing sustainable capacity-building in mental health research: implementation outcomes of training of trainers in systematic reviewing

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Dynamics of resilience in forced migration: a 1-year follow-up study of longitudinal associations with mental health in a conflict-affected, ethnic Muslim population

scientific article

Effect of a Primary Care-Based Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of Common Mental Disorders in Zimbabwe: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on December 2016

Effectiveness of Depression Interventions for People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis of Psychological & Immunological Outcomes

scientific article published on 13 May 2018

Enhancing psychosocial support for HIV positive adolescents in Harare, Zimbabwe

scientific article

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Task-Shifted Intervention to Enhance Adherence to HIV Medication and Improve Depression in People Living with HIV in Zimbabwe, a Low Income Country in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 6 January 2017

Global mental health and the ambition to end AIDS by 2030

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How can we achieve person-centred care for people living with HIV/AIDS? A qualitative interview study with healthcare professionals and patients in Ghana

scientific article published on 04 December 2019

Human Trafficking and Health: A Survey of Male and Female Survivors in England

article

Impairment, disability, social support and depression among older parents in rural Thailand

scientific article

Improving psychiatric education and research capacity in Zimbabwe.

scientific article

International conference on the consequences of organized violence in Southern Africa∗ ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1991

Lay Health Workers' Experience of Delivering a Problem Solving Therapy Intervention for Common Mental Disorders Among People Living with HIV: A Qualitative Study from Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Life events, difficulties and depression among women in an urban setting in Zimbabwe.

scientific article published on January 1998

Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in Zimbabwe: Outcomes and Challenges.

scientific article

Mental disorders in the developing world.

scientific article published on April 1994

Mental health and human trafficking: responding to survivors' needs

scientific article published on 01 February 2017

Mental health in Zimbabwe: a health systems analysis

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Mental health research capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa: the African Mental Health Research Initiative

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Mental health service responses to human trafficking: a qualitative study of professionals' experiences of providing care

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

Mental health training for health workers in Africa: a systematic review.

scientific article

Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in people living with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on September 2014

Migration of children and impact on depression in older parents in rural Thailand, southeast Asia.

scientific article

More deprived areas need greater resources for mental health

scientific article published in August 2003

Neuropsychological deficits and CT scan changes in elderly depressives

scientific article published in August 1990

Pathways to HIV testing and care in Goa, India: exploring psychosocial barriers and facilitators using mixed methods

scientific article

Patient-reported barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral adherence in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article

Phase II mixed methods' feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a novel community-based enhanced care intervention to improve person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV in Ghana

scientific article published on 13 March 2020

Physical health symptoms reported by trafficked women receiving post-trafficking support in Moldova: prevalence, severity and associated factors.

scientific article

Prevalence of depression and anxiety among undergraduate university students in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Primary care services for depression in Harare, Zimbabwe

scientific article

Problem-solving therapy for depression and common mental disorders in Zimbabwe: piloting a task-shifting primary mental health care intervention in a population with a high prevalence of people living with HIV

scientific article

Prolonged internal displacement and common mental disorders in Sri Lanka: the COMRAID study

scientific article

Psychiatric hospitalization: reasons for admission and alternatives to admission in South Auckland, New Zealand

scientific article published on October 2003

Psychological interventions for Common Mental Disorders for People Living With HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: systematic review

scientific article

Psychological interventions for alcohol use disorders in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Psychological predictors for attendance of post-HIV test counselling and linkage to care: the Umeed cohort study in Goa, India.

scientific article

Psychological wellbeing, physical impairments and rural aging in a developing country setting

scientific article published on 16 July 2009

Responding to the health needs of survivors of human trafficking: a systematic review

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Risk factors for mental disorders in women survivors of human trafficking: a historical cohort study

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Rural-Urban Migration and Experience of Childhood Abuse in the Young Thai Population.

scientific article published on 4 September 2011

Rural-urban migration and depression in ageing family members left behind

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Screening tools for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders among adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Social support and antenatal depression in extended and nuclear family environments in Turkey: a cross-sectional survey

scientific article

Social support and life events as risk factors for depression amongst women in an urban setting in Zimbabwe.

scientific article published on March 2001

Social support and the incidence and persistence of depression between antenatal and postnatal examinations in Turkey: a cohort study

scientific article

Socio-economic deprivation and length of psychiatric inpatient stay

2003 doctoral thesis by Melanie Amna Abas at University of Auckland

Suitability of measurements used to assess mental health outcomes in men and women trafficked for sexual and labour exploitation: a systematic review.

scientific article published on May 2016

Symptoms and Concerns Among Children and Young People with Life-Limiting and Life-Threatening Conditions: A Systematic Review Highlighting Meaningful Health Outcomes ⬇️

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Symptoms of common mental disorder and cognitive associations with seropositivity among a cohort of people coming for testing for HIV/AIDS in Goa, India: a cross-sectional survey.

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Symptoms of post-traumatic stress and associations with sexual behaviour and PrEP preferences among young people in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 16 May 2022

Task-sharing with lay counsellors to deliver a stepped care intervention to improve depression, antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression in people living with HIV: a study protocol for the TENDAI randomised controlled trial

scholarly article

Teaching global mental health at home and abroad

scientific article published on 3 December 2014

The Friendship Bench programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a brief psychological intervention for common mental disorders delivered by lay health workers in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 23 May 2015

The effect of asset-based wealth inequality on problem drinking among rural Thai elders: a prospective population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 09 October 2013

The mental health of HIV-positive adolescents.

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

The relationship between intimate partner violence and probable depression among adolescent girls and young women in Lilongwe, Malawi

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

The relationship of trauma to mental disorders among trafficked and sexually exploited girls and women.

scientific article published on 21 October 2010

Towards person-centred quality care for children with life-limiting and life-threatening illness: Self-reported symptoms, concerns and priority outcomes from a multi-country qualitative study

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Trained lay health workers reduce common mental disorder symptoms of adults with suicidal ideation in Zimbabwe: a cohort study.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Validation and factor structure of the Thai version of the EURO-D scale for depression among older psychiatric patients

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Validation of screening tools for depression and anxiety disorders in a primary care population with high HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Women in post-trafficking services in Moldova: diagnostic interviews over two time periods to assess returning women's mental health.

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