Prevalence of Common Mental Disorders in a Rural District of Kenya, and Socio-Demographic Risk Factors

Autor: Sally McManus, David Kiima, Frank Njenga, Pius Kigamwa, Rachel Jenkins, James Ayuyo, Marx Okonji, Makheti Baraza, Nicola Singleton

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 9, Iss 5, Pp 1810-1819 (2012)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 9; Issue 5; Pages: 1810-1819
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Association between common mental disorders (CMDs), equity, poverty and socio-economic functioning are relatively well explored in high income countries, but there have been fewer studies in low and middle income countries, despite the considerable b

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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph9051810

Alcohol consumption and hazardous drinking in western Kenya—a household survey in a health and demographic surveillance site

Autor: David Kiima, Caleb Othieno, Peter Sifuna, Bernhards Ogutu, Linnet Ongeri, James Kingora, Raymond Omollo, Rachel Jenkins

Publikováno v: BMC Psychiatry

Background Alcohol use and hazardous drinking have been studied in school children and in urban areas of Kenya, but there has been no adult survey of these issues in a rural household population. Methods This study reports the prevalence of alcohol c

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-015-0603-x

Tedium vitae, death wishes, suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya-prevalence and risk factors

Autor: Peter Sifuna, Linnet Ongeri, Michael Ongecha, Rachel Jenkins, James Kingora Mboroki, Caleb Othieno, Bernhards Ogutu, Raymond Omollo, David Kiima

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health

Background There has been no previous household population study of suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya. Therefore this study aimed to establish the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts in a rural population in Kenya, and to assess risk f

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26253319

Traditional health practitioners and mental health in Kenya

Autor: James Ayuyo, Pius Kigamwa, David Kiima, Frank Njenga, Rachel Jenkins, Marx Okonji, Ajit Shah

Publikováno v: International Psychiatry

The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among rural and urban Kenyan primary care attenders has been reported to be as high as 63% (Ndetei & Muhangi, 1979; Dhapdale & Ellison, 1983; Dhapdale et al, 1989; Sebit, 1996). For its population of 32 million

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https://doi.org/10.1192/s1749367600005610

Mental Health and the Development Agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor: Joseph Mbatia, Jed Friedman, John Mayeya, Preston Garrison, Paul Francis, Oye Gureje, Anthony Daly, Florence Baingana, Gary S. Belkin, David Kiima, Felix Kauye, Sabah Sadiq, Rachel Jenkins, Michael Borowitz, Stewart Tyson, Frank Njenga

This article synthesizes the views of participants in two roundtables that were convened in Nairobi ( March 2007) and London ( July 2008) to identify key challenges to the prioritization of mental health in Africa and possible solutions. Participants

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https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5257