Challenges and opportunities in global mental health: a research-to-practice perspective

ML Wainberg, P Scorza, JM Shultz, L Helpman… - Current psychiatry …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Globally, the majority of those who need mental health care
worldwide lack access to high-quality mental health services. Stigma, human resource …

Noncommunicable diseases among HIV-infected persons in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Patel, CE Rose, PY Collins, B Nuche-Berenguer… - Aids, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To appropriately identify and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among
persons living with HIV (PLHIV) in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), it is imperative …

[HTML][HTML] PRIME: a programme to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders in five low-and middle-income countries

C Lund, M Tomlinson, M De Silva, A Fekadu… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Crick Lund and colleagues describe their plans for the PRogramme for Improving Mental
health carE (PRIME), which aims to generate evidence on implementing and scaling up …

[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges: integrating maternal mental health into maternal and child health programmes

A Rahman, PJ Surkan, CE Cayetano… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In the second article of a five-part series providing a global perspective on integrating mental
health, Atif Rahman and colleagues argue that integrating maternal mental health care will …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal mental health in primary care in five low-and middle-income countries: a situational analysis

EC Baron, C Hanlon, S Mall, S Honikman… - BMC health services …, 2016 - Springer
Background The integration of maternal mental health into primary health care has been
advocated to reduce the mental health treatment gap in low-and middle-income countries …

[HTML][HTML] Intimate partner violence and depression symptom severity among South African women during pregnancy and postpartum: population-based prospective …

AC Tsai, M Tomlinson, WS Comulada… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Violence against women by intimate partners remains unacceptably common
worldwide. The evidence base for the assumed psychological impacts of intimate partner …

Prevalence and predictors of anxiety disorders amongst low-income pregnant women in urban South Africa: a cross-sectional study

T van Heyningen, S Honikman, L Myer… - Archives of women's …, 2017 - Springer
Anxiety is highly prevalent in many populations; however, the burden of anxiety disorders
amongst pregnant women in low-resource settings is not well documented. We investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Grand challenges: integrating mental health care into the non-communicable disease agenda

VK Ngo, A Rubinstein, V Ganju, P Kanellis… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In the third article of a five-part series providing a global perspective on integrating mental
health, Victoria Ngo and colleagues discuss the benefits and requirements of collaborative …

[HTML][HTML] Reliability and validity of instruments for assessing perinatal depression in African settings: systematic review and meta-analysis

AC Tsai, JA Scott, KJ Hung, JQ Zhu, LT Matthews… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background A major barrier to improving perinatal mental health in Africa is the lack of
locally validated tools for identifying probable cases of perinatal depression or for measuring …

[HTML][HTML] Closing the treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders by strengthening existing health care platforms: strategies for delivery and …

R Shidhaye, C Lund, D Chisholm - International journal of mental health …, 2015 - Springer
This paper outlines the main elements and features of a mental health care delivery platform
and its delivery channels. These include evidence-based interventions that can be delivered …