Psychiatric morbidity and suicidal behaviour in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Knipe, AJ Williams, S Hannam-Swain, S Upton… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Psychiatric disorders are reported to be present in 80% to 90% of suicide
deaths in high-income countries (HIC), but this association is less clear in low-and middle …

Suicide methods in South Asia over two decades (2001–2020)

SMY Arafat, SAZ Ali, V Menon… - … journal of social …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Suicide is a global preventable public health problem. About a quarter of all
suicides in the world occur in South Asia. As means restriction is an important suicide …

Association between COVID-19 pandemic and the suicide rates in Nepal

B Acharya, K Subedi, P Acharya, S Ghimire - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Past works have linked the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health
responses such as isolation, quarantine, and lockdown to increased anxiety, sleep …

Suicide prevention in the Southeast Asia region

L Vijayakumar, C Daly, Y Arafat, E Arensman - Crisis, 2020 - econtent.hogrefe.com
This chapter provides an update on suicide and suicide prevention in the Southeast Asia
Region, which covers 11 low-and middle-income countries, accounting for 26% of the …

Depression and suicidal behavior in South Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SMY Arafat, T Saleem, V Menon, SAZ Ali… - Global Mental …, 2022 - cambridge.org
BackgroundEstimates of depression in suicidal behavior in South Asia would help to
formulate suicide prevention strategies in the region that hasn't been assessed yet …

Implementation strategy in collaboration with people with lived experience of mental illness to reduce stigma among primary care providers in Nepal (RESHAPE) …

BA Kohrt, EL Turner, D Gurung, X Wang… - Implementation …, 2022 - Springer
Background There are increasing efforts for the integration of mental health services into
primary care settings in low-and middle-income countries. However, commonly used …

Passive sensing on mobile devices to improve mental health services with adolescent and young mothers in low-resource settings: the role of families in feasibility and …

SM Maharjan, A Poudyal, A van Heerden… - BMC medical informatics …, 2021 - Springer
Background Passive sensor data from mobile devices can shed light on daily activities,
social behavior, and maternal-child interactions to improve maternal and child health …

Psychological autopsy studies of suicide in South East Asia

SMY Arafat, V Menon… - Indian journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Psychiatric disorders have been identified as an important risk factor for
suicide. However, different psychological autopsy studies have revealed different …

[HTML][HTML] Engaging husbands in a digital mental health intervention to provide tailored counseling for women experiencing postpartum depression: a mixed methods …

A Bhardwaj, SM Maharjan, AJ Magar, R Shrestha… - SSM-Mental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common experience among mothers
worldwide. Family members, especially husbands, can play an integral role in supporting …

[HTML][HTML] Wearable digital sensors to identify risks of postpartum depression and personalize psychological treatment for adolescent mothers: protocol for a mixed …

A Poudyal, A Van Heerden, A Hagaman… - JMIR research …, 2019 - researchprotocols.org
Background: There is a high prevalence of untreated postpartum depression among
adolescent mothers with the greatest gap in services in low-and middle-income countries …