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Lincoln. I Khasakhala
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Mental Health in Kenyan Schools: Teachers’ Perspectives
This qualitative study, conducted in public primary and secondary schools, sought teachers’ perceptions of mental health concerns that are relevant in school settings. Based on the phenomenological theory, the...
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Emotional and Behavioral Problems Among Impoverished Kenyan Youth: Factor Structure and Sex-Differences
Data on youth emotional and behavioral problems from societies in Sub-Saharan Africa are lacking. This may be due to the fact that few youth mental health assessments have been tested for construct validity of...
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Classes of Psychotic Experiences in Kenyan Children and Adolescents
Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) have been observed worldwide in both adults and children outside the context of a clinical disorder. In the current study, we investigate the prevalence and patterns of PLEs a...
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Open AccessMajor depressive disorder in a Kenyan youth sample: relationship with parenting behavior and parental psychiatric disorders
Studies on mental health problems during childhood and youth development phases have reported that families of children diagnosed with a depressive disorder tend to be dysfunctional. These dysfunctions have be...
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Open AccessSuicidal behaviour among youths associated with psychopathology in both parents and youths attending outpatient psychiatric clinic in Kenya
Suicide is a major cause of death among youths particularly with psychiatric, alcohol abuse and substance abuse disorders. There are relatively few studies on the relationship between psychiatric and substance...
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Open AccessSuicidality and depression among adult patients admitted in general medical facilities in Kenya
To document Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) II suicidal symptoms among patients admitted to Kenyan non-psychiatric general medical facilities
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Open AccessRecognition of depression in children in general hospital-based paediatric units in Kenya: practice and policy implications
Physical disorders are commonly comorbid with depression in children attending general medical facilities. However, the depression component is rarely recognised.
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Open AccessThe prevalence of mental disorders in adults in different level general medical facilities in Kenya: a cross-sectional study
The possibility that a significant proportion of the patients attending a general health facility may have a mental disorder means that psychiatric conditions must be recognised and managed appropriately. This...
