Prevalence of child and adolescent mental disorders in Chile: a community epidemiological study

B Vicente, S Saldivia, F de la Barra… - Journal of child …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: In Latin America, there is limited research on the prevalence of mental
disorders in children and adolescents. This Chilean survey is the first national representative …

Mediational intervention for sensitizing caregivers to improve mental health outcomes in orphaned and vulnerable children

C Sharp, P Kulesz, L Marais, C Shohet… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective There is an urgent need to equip community-based careworkers with the skills to
address the mental health needs of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) as an essential …

Psychometric properties of instruments for assessing depression among African youth: a systematic review

M Mutumba, M Tomlinson, AC Tsai - Journal of Child & Adolescent …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This study aimed to systematically review the psychometric properties of
instruments used to screen for major depressive disorder or assess depression symptom …

First evaluation of a population-based screen to detect emotional-behavior disorders in orphaned children in sub-Saharan Africa

C Sharp, A Venta, L Marais, D Skinner, M Lenka… - AIDS and Behavior, 2014 - Springer
Due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic which has left 12 million children orphaned in Sub-Saharan
Africa, children are at increased risk for mental health problems. Currently, no validity data …

Aberrant gray matter volumes and functional connectivity in adolescent patients with ADHD

Y Zhao, D Cui, W Lu, H Li, H Zhang… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Altered gray matter (GM) volumes and functional connectivity (FC) happens in
attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients and the intelligence quotient (IQ) of …

An item response theory analysis of the problem gambling severity index

C Sharp, L Steinberg, I Yaroslavsky, A Hofmeyr… - …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Increases in the availability of gambling heighten the need for a short screening measure of
problem gambling. The Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) is a brief measure that …

Validation of the Kirundi versions of brief self-rating scales for common mental disorders among children in Burundi

P Ventevogel, IH Komproe, MJ Jordans, P Feo… - BMC psychiatry, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background In Sub Saharan Africa, there has been limited research on instruments
to identify specific mental disorders in children in conflict-affected settings. This study …

Investigating the correspondence of clinical diagnostic grouping with underlying neurobiological and phenotypic clusters using unsupervised machine learning

X Zhao, D Rangaprakash, B Yuan… - Frontiers in applied …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Many brain-based disorders are traditionally diagnosed based on clinical interviews and
behavioral assessments, which are recognized to be largely imperfect. Therefore, it is …

Criterion-related and construct validity of the Problem Gambling Severity Index in a sample of South African gamblers

A Dellis, C Sharp, A Hofmeyr… - … African Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The Problem Gambling Severity Index, the scored module of the Canadian Problem
Gambling Index, is a population-based survey instrument that is becoming the preferred …

Assessing the value of and contextual and cultural acceptability of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in evaluating mental health problems in HIV/AIDS …

D Skinner, C Sharp, L Marais… - … journal of mental …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is an internationally
recognized tool. This study aims to evaluate the cultural and contextual acceptability, and …