Author:Knapp, Caprice; Honikman, Simone; Wirsching, Michael; Husni-Pascha, Gidah; Hänselmann, EvaDate:19 Jun 2018Background: Maternal mental health conditions are prevalent across the world. For women, the perinatal period is associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety. At the same time, there is widespread documentation of disrespectful ...Read more
Author:Bitew, Tesera; Hanlon, Charlotte; Kebede, Eskinder; Honikman, Simone; Fekadu, AbebawDate:22 Aug 2017Background: Antenatal depressive symptoms affect around 12.3% of women in in low and middle income countries (LMICs) and data are accumulating about associations with adverse outcomes for mother and child. Studies from rural, low-income country ...Read more
Author:Rathod, Sujit D; Honikman, Simone; Hanlon, Charlotte; Shidhaye, RahulDate:12 Nov 2018Background
Perinatal depression is associated with negative effects on child behavioural, cognitive and emotional development, birth outcomes, and physical growth. In India, increased priority accorded to mental health programs ...Read more
Author:Honikman, SimoneDate:2004Cervical cancer is integrally associated with the problems of poverty in the developing world. It is the most common cancer cause of death among women in these regions. In South Africa, the lifetime risk for black African women developing ...Read more
Author:Field, Sally; Onah, Michael; van Heyningen, Thandi; Honikman, SimoneDate:04 Jul 2018Background
Rates of violence against women are reported to be highest in Africa compared to other continents. We aimed to determine associations between mental illness, demographic, psychosocial and economic factors with ...Read more
Author:Nuttall, James; Eley, Brian; Honikman, SimoneDate:2004The prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in the Western Cape is said to have achieved 100% coverage.1 This implies that all pregnant women who attend an antenatal health care facility in the public sector are offered ...Read more
Author:Honikman, Simone; Baron, Emily; Field, Sally; Meintjies, Ingrid; van Heyningen, ThandiDate:29 Sep 2014The Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP) addresses mental illness among pregnant and postnatal women and girls. The aim of PMHP is to ensure all women in South Africa have access to mental health care during and after pregnancy, as a routine ...Read more
Author:Onah, Michael Nnachebe; Field, Sally; Bantjes, Jason; Honikman, SimoneDate:2016Pregnant women are at increased risk for suicidal ideation and behaviours (SIB) compared to the general population. To date, studies have focused on the psychiatric correlates of SIB with lesser attention given to the associated contextual ...Read more
Author:Onah, Michael N; Field, Sally; van Heyningen, Thandi; Honikman, SimoneDate:04 May 2016Background: Alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use among pregnant women have been associated with adverse health outcomes for mother and child, during and after pregnancy. Factors associated with AOD use among women include age, poverty, unemployment, ...Read morecb
Author:Honikman, Simone; van Heyningen, Thandi; Field, Sally; Baron, Emily; Tomlinson, MarkDate:2012Common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression are the third leading causes of disease burden globally for women between 14 and 44 years of age [1]. By 2030, these are expected to rise to first place, ranked above heart disease and ...Read morecb
Author:Abrahams, Zulfa; Schneider, Marguerite; Field, Sally; Honikman, SimoneDate:09 Dec 2019Abstract
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In South Africa, the prevalence of symptoms of common mental disorders (CMD), i.e. depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts are high. This study aimed to use a cognitive ...Read more