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View article: An App-Based WHO Mental Health Guide for Depression Detection
An App-Based WHO Mental Health Guide for Depression Detection Open
Importance Depression detection in primary care remains limited in low- and middle-income countries despite increasing use of the World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Programme–Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG). Objective To test…
View article: mHealth for Mental Health
mHealth for Mental Health Open
View article: Screening and detection of perinatal depression by non-physician primary healthcare workers in Nigeria
Screening and detection of perinatal depression by non-physician primary healthcare workers in Nigeria Open
View article: Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial
Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial Open
Background In West Africa, healers greatly outnumber trained mental health professionals. People with serious mental illness (SMI) are often seen by healers in “prayer camps” where they may also experience human rights abuses. We developed…
View article: Factors Impacting Mobile Health Adoption for Depression Care and Support by Adolescent Mothers in Nigeria: Preliminary Focus Group Study
Factors Impacting Mobile Health Adoption for Depression Care and Support by Adolescent Mothers in Nigeria: Preliminary Focus Group Study Open
Background Mobile health (mHealth), the use of mobile technology in health care, is increasingly being used for mental health service delivery even in low- and middle-income countries to scale up treatment, and a variety of evidence suppor…
View article: Cascade training for scaling up care for perinatal depression in primary care in Nigeria
Cascade training for scaling up care for perinatal depression in primary care in Nigeria Open
View article: Participatory development of a home‐based depression care model with lived experience older Nigerians and their caregivers: A theory of change
Participatory development of a home‐based depression care model with lived experience older Nigerians and their caregivers: A theory of change Open
Objectives There is a huge treatment gap for late‐life depression in sub‐Saharan Africa. Building on prior work to scale‐up mental healthcare with the aid of the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide electronic version …
View article: Developing the West African Digital Mental Health Alliance (WADMA)
Developing the West African Digital Mental Health Alliance (WADMA) Open
View article: Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial (Preprint)
Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND In West Africa, healers greatly outnumber trained mental health professionals. People with serious mental illness (SMI) are often seen by healers in “prayer camps” where they may also experience human rights abuses. We develope…
View article: Reimagining the journey to recovery: The COVID-19 pandemic and global mental health
Reimagining the journey to recovery: The COVID-19 pandemic and global mental health Open
In this editorial, guest editors Vikram Patel, Daisy Fancourt, Lola Kola, and Toshi Furukawa discuss the contents of the special issue on the pandemic and global mental health, highlighting key themes and providing important context.
View article: Mental health and psychosocial interventions integrating sexual and reproductive rights and health, and HIV care and prevention for adolescents and young people (10–24 years) in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review
Mental health and psychosocial interventions integrating sexual and reproductive rights and health, and HIV care and prevention for adolescents and young people (10–24 years) in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review Open
View article: Perception of providers on use of the WHO mental health Gap Action Programme-Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) electronic version and smartphone-based clinical guidance in Nigerian primary care settings
Perception of providers on use of the WHO mental health Gap Action Programme-Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) electronic version and smartphone-based clinical guidance in Nigerian primary care settings Open
View article: Factors impacting mobile health for depression adoption by adolescent mothers in Nigeria (Preprint)
Factors impacting mobile health for depression adoption by adolescent mothers in Nigeria (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Mobile Health (mHealth), the use of mobile technology in health care, is increasingly being used for mental health service delivery even in Low-Middle-Income countries (LMICs) to scale-up treatment, and a variety of evidence su…
View article: Effect of intervention delivered by frontline maternal care providers to improve outcome and parenting skills among adolescents with perinatal depression in Nigeria (the RAPiD study): A cluster randomized controlled trial
Effect of intervention delivered by frontline maternal care providers to improve outcome and parenting skills among adolescents with perinatal depression in Nigeria (the RAPiD study): A cluster randomized controlled trial Open
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View article: Quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health services in four West African countries: collaboration between the mental health leadership and advocacy programme and the World Health Organization QualityRights initiative – ADDENDUM
Quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health services in four West African countries: collaboration between the mental health leadership and advocacy programme and the World Health Organization QualityRights initiative – ADDENDUM Open
Quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health services in four West African countries: collaboration between the mental health leadership and advocacy programme and the World Health Organization QualityRights initiative – AD…
View article: Strengthening public mental health during and after the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
Strengthening public mental health during and after the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic Open
View article: Perception of providers on use of the WHO mental health Gap Action Programme- Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) and smartphone-based clinical guidance in Nigerian primary care settings
Perception of providers on use of the WHO mental health Gap Action Programme- Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) and smartphone-based clinical guidance in Nigerian primary care settings Open
Background Taking advantage of the rapidly increasing access to digital technology in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization has launched an electronic version of the mental health Gap Action Programme intervention…
View article: Nigerian Adolescent Mothers’ Perceptions of Mhealth Use for Depression: A Qualitative Study
Nigerian Adolescent Mothers’ Perceptions of Mhealth Use for Depression: A Qualitative Study Open
View article: Quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health services in four West African countries: collaboration between the mental health leadership and advocacy programme and the World Health Organization QualityRights initiative
Quality of care and respect of human rights in mental health services in four West African countries: collaboration between the mental health leadership and advocacy programme and the World Health Organization QualityRights initiative Open
Background Although recent reports suggest that service users in West African psychiatric facilities are exposed to poor quality of care and human rights violations, evidence is lacking on the extent and profile of specific deficits in the…
View article: Mental Health and Psychosocial Interventions Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health, and HIV Care and Prevention for Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Systematic Scoping Review
Mental Health and Psychosocial Interventions Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health, and HIV Care and Prevention for Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A Systematic Scoping Review Open
View article: Beyond access to psychotropic medicines: treatment coverage amid COVID-19
Beyond access to psychotropic medicines: treatment coverage amid COVID-19 Open
View article: The path to global equity in mental health care in the context of COVID-19
The path to global equity in mental health care in the context of COVID-19 Open
View article: Scaling up care for perinatal depression for improved maternal and infant health (SPECTRA): protocol of a hybrid implementation study of the impact of a cascade training of primary maternal care providers in Nigeria
Scaling up care for perinatal depression for improved maternal and infant health (SPECTRA): protocol of a hybrid implementation study of the impact of a cascade training of primary maternal care providers in Nigeria Open
View article: COVID-19 and global mental health – Authors' reply
COVID-19 and global mental health – Authors' reply Open
View article: UK official development assistance cut threatens global mental health
UK official development assistance cut threatens global mental health Open
View article: Adaptation of the World Health Organization Electronic Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide App for Mobile Devices in Nepal and Nigeria: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Adaptation of the World Health Organization Electronic Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide App for Mobile Devices in Nepal and Nigeria: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Open
Background There is a growing global need for scalable approaches to training and supervising primary care workers (PCWs) to deliver mental health services. Over the past decade, the World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Progr…
View article: COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health
COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health Open
View article: Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability for the Delivery of Mental Health Information Among Perinatal Adolescents in Nigeria: Survey Study
Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability for the Delivery of Mental Health Information Among Perinatal Adolescents in Nigeria: Survey Study Open
Background There are several barriers that may hamper adolescent mothers’ utilization of available health interventions for perinatal depression. Innovative treatment approaches are needed to increase adolescent mothers’ access to mental h…
View article: Adaptation of the World Health Organization Electronic Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide App for Mobile Devices in Nepal and Nigeria: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
Adaptation of the World Health Organization Electronic Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide App for Mobile Devices in Nepal and Nigeria: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND There is a growing global need for scalable approaches to training and supervising primary care workers (PCWs) to deliver mental health services. Over the past decade, the World Health Organization Mental Health Gap Action Prog…
View article: Effect of collaborative care between traditional and faith healers and primary health-care workers on psychosis outcomes in Nigeria and Ghana (COSIMPO): a cluster randomised controlled trial
Effect of collaborative care between traditional and faith healers and primary health-care workers on psychosis outcomes in Nigeria and Ghana (COSIMPO): a cluster randomised controlled trial Open