The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality

J Torous, S Bucci, IH Bell, LV Kessing… - World …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the COVID‐19 pandemic has largely increased the utilization of telehealth, mobile mental
health technologies–such as smartphone apps, virtual reality, chatbots, and social media …

Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for mental health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: an umbrella review

C Barbui, M Purgato, J Abdulmalik, C Acarturk… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Mental health conditions are leading causes of disability worldwide.
Psychosocial interventions for these conditions might have a key role in their treatment …

WHO mental health gap action programme (mhGAP) intervention guide: updated systematic review on evidence and impact

R Keynejad, J Spagnolo, G Thornicroft - BMJ Ment Health, 2021 - mentalhealth.bmj.com
Question There is a large worldwide gap between the service need and provision for mental,
neurological and substance use disorders. WHO's Mental Health Gap Action Programme …

The clinical implications of climate change for mental health

TJ Crandon, C Dey, JG Scott, HJ Thomas, S Ali… - Nature Human …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change affects mental health through multiple pathways, including direct and
indirect impacts, physical health and awareness of the climate crisis. Climate change …

Impact of doulas on healthy birth outcomes

KJ Gruber, SH Cupito… - The Journal of perinatal …, 2013 - connect.springerpub.com
This article will argue that, rather than being objective and universal treatment appro-aches,
counseling and psychotherapy are indigenous/traditional (ie, cultural) healing methods of …

Perspectives of healthcare providers, service users, and family members about mental illness stigma in primary care settings: A multi-site qualitative study of seven …

M Koschorke, N Oexle, U Ouali, AV Cherian… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Stigma among healthcare providers is a barrier to the effective delivery of
mental health services in primary care. Few studies have been conducted in primary care …

Integrated care for people with long-term mental and physical health conditions in low-income and middle-income countries

G Thornicroft, S Ahuja, S Barber, D Chisholm… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Integrated care is defined as health services that are managed and delivered such that
people receive a continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment …

Structural barriers to adhering to health behaviours in the context of the COVID-19 crisis: considerations for low-and middle-income countries

BJ Coetzee, A Kagee - Global Public Health, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In seeking to limit the number of new infections of COVID-19, governments around the world
have implemented national lockdowns and guidelines about safe behaviours. Lockdown …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in psychotic disorders: Stratified analyses by psychotic subtypes, clinical setting and geographical region

A Álvarez, A Guàrdia, A González-Rodríguez… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
We studied the prevalence of suicide attempts and cumulative incidence of completed
suicide in schizophrenia (SZ), schizoaffective disorder (SZAF), delusional disorder (DD) and …

Assessing mental health literacy of primary health care workers in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey

E Marangu, F Mansouri, N Sands, D Ndetei… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Aim To assess mental health literacy of health workers in primary health care services in
Kenya. Background Mental illness is common in Kenya, yet there are fewer than 500 …