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Primary Health Care Providers Perceived Challenges in Detecting Psychiatric Disorders Among Adolescents in a Primary Health Care Facility in Kenya
The objective of the study was to determine perceived health care provider factors that lead to undetected psychiatric diagnosis among adolescents.
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Strengthening System and Implementation Research Capacity for Child Mental Health and Family Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
Children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience high rates of mental health problems, and the region has limited access to mental health resources and research capacity to address the needs. Despite the succes...
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Kenya: Do We Need a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Policy?
In this chapter we examine how Kenya, through policies and regulations, influences the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. Although mental well-being of children is recognized and extensi...
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Parents’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Factors Affecting Learning in Kenya
Studies have shown that a child’s learning in school is affected by several factors, some related to the school environment, others to the home and community while others are as a result of the individual char...
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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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Trauma among Kenyan School Children in Urban and Rural Settings: PTSD Prevalence and Correlates
This study estimated the prevalence and correlates of PTSD in Kenyan school children during a period of widespread post-election violence. The UCLA PTSD Reaction Index was administered to 2482 primary and seco...
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Open AccessImplementation research for public sector mental health care scale-up (SMART-DAPPER): a sequential multiple, assignment randomized trial (SMART) of non-specialist-delivered psychotherapy and/or medication for major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (DAPPER) integrated with outpatient care clinics at a county hospital in Kenya
Mental disorders are a leading cause of global disability, driven primarily by depression and anxiety. Most of the disease burden is in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), where 75% of adults with mental ...
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Open AccessEfficacy of a group tobacco cessation behavioral intervention among tobacco users with concomitant mental illness in Kenya: protocol for a controlled clinical trial
The rate of tobacco use among people with mental illness is nearly twice that of the general population. Psychotropic medications for tobacco cessation are relatively expensive for most Kenyans. Behavioral cou...
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Building Mental Health Research Capacity in Kenya: a South-North Collaboration
This paper describes a mental health capacity-building partnership between the University of Nairobi (UON) and the University of Washington (UW) that was built upon a foundational 30-year HIV/AIDS research tra...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Depression during pregnancy and preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study among women attending antenatal clinic at Pumwani Maternity Hospital
Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors reported the following typesetting errors:
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Open AccessDemographic, psychosocial and clinical factors associated with postpartum depression in Kenyan women
Few longitudinal studies have examined associations between risk factors during pregnancy and mental health outcomes during the postpartum period. We used a cohort study design to estimate the prevalence, inci...
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Open AccessIncidence of depressive symptoms among sexually abused children in Kenya
Children who experience sexual abuse undergo various negative psychosocial outcomes such as depressive symptoms. Unfortunately, not many studies have been conducted on the incidence of depressive symptoms amon...
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Open AccessDepression during pregnancy and preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study among women attending antenatal clinic at Pumwani Maternity Hospital
Preterm birth occurs among 9.6% of births worldwide and is the leading cause of long-term neurodevelopmental disabilities among children and also responsible for 28% of neonatal deaths. No single etiological f...
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Open AccessUndetected psychiatric morbidity among HIV/AIDS patients attending Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) in Nairobi Kenya: towards an integrated mental health care
Psychiatric morbidity is commonly associated with HIV disease and may have adverse effects. This aspect may be overlooked at comprehensive HIV care centers in Low and Middle-Income Countries.
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Incidence of Self-Esteem Among Children Exposed to Sexual Abuse in Kenya
It has been established that sexual abuse against children is a global problem and quite widespread. Sexual abuse against children is a public health concern given that its outcomes are not only detrimental to...
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Economic Context and HIV Vulnerability in Adolescents and Young Adults Living in Urban Slums in Kenya: A Qualitative Analysis Based on Scarcity Theory
Urban slum adolescents and young adults have disproportionately high rates of HIV compared to rural and non-slum urban youth. Yet, few studies have examined youth’s perceptions of the economic drivers of HIV. ...
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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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Overcrowded Prisons and Low Psychiatric Provision: The Situation of Mentally Ill Prisoners in Kenya
Kenya is situated in the eastern part of the African continent between 5° North and 5° South latitude and between 24° and 31° East longitude. It borders Tanzania to the South, Uganda to the West, Ethiopia and ...
