Time for united action on depression: a Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission

H Herrman, V Patel, C Kieling, M Berk, C Buchweitz… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary “Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive
in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating intellect—as to verge close to …

Annual research review: Resilience and mental health in children and adolescents living in areas of armed conflict–a systematic review of findings in low‐and middle …

WA Tol, S Song, MJD Jordans - Journal of child psychology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Researchers focused on mental health of conflict‐affected children are
increasingly interested in the concept of resilience. Knowledge on resilience may assist in …

Daily stressors, trauma exposure, and mental health among stateless Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

A Riley, A Varner, P Ventevogel… - Transcultural …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The Rohingya of Myanmar are a severely persecuted minority who form one of the largest
groups of stateless people; thousands of them reside in refugee camps in southeastern …

“Thinking too much”: A systematic review of a common idiom of distress

BN Kaiser, EE Haroz, BA Kohrt, PA Bolton… - Social science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Idioms of distress communicate suffering via reference to shared ethnopsychologies, and
better understanding of idioms of distress can contribute to effective clinical and public …

Cultural concepts of distress and psychiatric disorders: literature review and research recommendations for global mental health epidemiology

BA Kohrt, A Rasmussen, BN Kaiser… - International journal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Burgeoning global mental health endeavors have renewed debates about
cultural applicability of psychiatric categories. This study's goal is to review strengths and …

A systematic review of validated screening tools for anxiety disorders and PTSD in low to middle income countries

AY Mughal, J Devadas, E Ardman, B Levis, VF Go… - BMC psychiatry, 2020 - Springer
Background Anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) contribute significantly to
disability adjusted life years in low-to middle-income countries (LMICs). Screening has been …

Research Review: Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers–a systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research

TS Betancourt, I Borisova, TP Williams… - Journal of Child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and scope: This article reviews the available quantitative research on psychosocial
adjustment and mental health among children (age< 18 years) associated with armed forces …

Detection of depression in low resource settings: validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and cultural concepts of distress in Nepal

BA Kohrt, NP Luitel, P Acharya, MJD Jordans - BMC psychiatry, 2016 - Springer
Background Despite recognition of the burden of disease due to mood disorders in low-and
middle-income countries, there is a lack of consensus on best practices for detecting …

Evaluating mental health difficulties and associated outcomes among HIV-positive adolescents in Tanzania

DE Dow, EL Turner, AM Shayo, B Mmbaga… - AIDS care, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT AIDS-related mortality among HIV-positive adolescents has risen by 50%
despite the scale up of antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART maladherence likely plays a role in …

Mental health and psychosocial problems in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquakes: findings from a representative cluster sample survey

JC Kane, NP Luitel, MJD Jordans, BA Kohrt… - Epidemiology and …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Aims. Two large earthquakes in 2015 caused widespread destruction in Nepal. This study
aimed to examine frequency of common mental health and psychosocial problems and their …