World Health Organization disability assessment schedule 2.0: An international systematic review

S Federici, M Bracalenti, F Meloni… - Disability and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This systematic review examines research and practical applications of the World
Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) as a basis for …

How is depression experienced around the world? A systematic review of qualitative literature

EE Haroz, M Ritchey, JK Bass, BA Kohrt… - Social Science & …, 2017 - Elsevier
To date global research on depression has used assessment tools based on research and
clinical experience drawn from Western populations (ie, in North American, European and …

“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 …

Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and other mental health problems following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti: A systematic review and …

JM Cénat, SE McIntee, C Blais-Rochette - Journal of affective disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused significant human and material
damages, thousands of deaths and injuries, and 1.5 million homeless. This systematic …

Culture-bound syndromes, idioms of distress, and cultural concepts of distress: New directions for an old concept in psychological anthropology

BN Kaiser, L Jo Weaver - Transcultural Psychiatry, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Early cross-cultural psychiatry was concerned with the study of cultural difference to make
possible the application of biomedical psychiatric categories in non-Western settings. In the …

Adverse childhood experiences, traumatic events, and mental health among adults at two outpatient psychiatric facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross …

W Byansi, M Galvin, L Chiwaye, Z Luvuno, AW Kim… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background Adverse childhood experiences and adult trauma, including sexual abuse,
physical abuse, neglect, and interpersonal violence, are highly prevalent in low-resource …

Integrating mental health and disaster preparedness in intervention: a randomized controlled trial with earthquake and flood-affected communities in Haiti

LE James, C Welton-Mitchell, JR Noel… - Psychological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundGiven the frequency of natural hazards in Haiti, disaster risk reduction is crucial.
However, evidence suggests that many people exposed to prior disasters do not engage in …

The integration of idioms of distress into mental health assessments and interventions: a systematic review

C Cork, BN Kaiser, RG White - Global Mental Health, 2019 - cambridge.org
Background. Psychiatric diagnostic manuals recognise the importance of local expressions
of distress in culturally diverse settings [ie idioms/cultural concepts of distress (CCDs)], yet …

Validating the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening of depression in Tanzania

MCS Fawzi, F Ngakongwa, Y Liu, T Rutayuga… - … , Psychiatry and Brain …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Major depression has a significant impact on years lived with disability (YLD)
globally. In resource-limited countries, depression may accompany daily challenges of …

Development of a comprehensive, sustained community mental health system in post-earthquake Haiti, 2010–2019

G Raviola, A Rose, JR Fils-Aimé, T Thérosmé… - Global Mental …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Between 2010 and 2019 the international health care organization Partners In Health (PIH)
and its sister organization Zanmi Lasante (ZL) mounted a long-term response to the 2010 …