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Associations between ADHD symptoms and maternal and birth outcomes: An exploratory analysis in a multi-country cohort of expectant mothers

Author: Murray, Aja Louise ; Taut, Diana ; Baban, Adriana ; Hemady, Chad Lance ; Walker, Susan ; Osafo, Joseph ; Sikander, Siham ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Du Toit, Stefani ; Marlow, Marguerite ; Ward, Catherine L ; Fernando, Asvini ; Madrid, Bernadette ; Thang, Vo Van ; Tuyen, Hoang Dinh ; Dunne, Michael ; Hughes, Claire ; Fearon, Pasco ; Valdebenito, Sara Date: 2022 ADHD symptoms can adversely impact functioning in a range of domains relevant for maternal well-being and foetal development; however, there has been almost no research examining their impact during pregnancy. We used data (n=1204) from a ... Read more
Caregiver experiences of public services following child trauma exposure: a qualitative study

Author: Williamson, Victoria ; Halligan, Sarah L ; Coetzee, Bronwyne ; Butler, Ian ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Skeen, Sarah ; Stewart, Jackie Date: 10 Apr 2018 Background: Many children in low and middle income countries (LMIC) are exposed to trauma. Contact with public services are a potential infuence on parent–child reactions and coping post-trauma. Little is known about how caregivers perceive ... Read more
Children affected by HIV/AIDS attending programmes to improve psychosocial well-being: current status and pathways to effective interventions

Author: Skeen, Sarah Ann Date: 2017 The HIV/AIDS pandemic has a substantial impact on children across the globe and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Across sub-Saharan Africa, there are a number of organisations and programmes providing care and support to children affected ... Read more
A cohort study of psychological sequalae in low birth weight children from the Bishop Lavis Community Health Centre

Author: Micklewood, Neil Ryan Date: 2007 The relationship between low birth weight, behavioural inhibition and psychopathology was investigated in 65 seven to nine year-olds and their caregivers who were attendees of a community clinic in a low-income, urban suburb in Cape Town, ... Read more
Correction to: Impact of district mental health care plans on symptom severity and functioning of patients with priority mental health conditions: the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) cohort protocol

Author: Baron, Emily C ; Rathod, Sujit D ; Hanlon, Charlotte ; Prince, Martin ; Fedaku, Abebaw ; Kigozi, Fred ; Jordans, Mark ; Luitel, Nagendra P ; Medhin, Girmay ; Murhar, Vaibhav ; Nakku, Juliet ; Patel, Vikram ; Petersen, Inge ; Selohilwe, One ; Shidhaye, Rahul ; Ssebunnya, Joshua ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Lund, Crick ; De Silva, Mary Date: 29 Sep 2020 An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. Read more
A critical evaluation of a community based mother-infant intervention project with special emphasis on infant attachment

Author: Tomlinson, Mark Date: 1999 This dissertation critically evaluates a community based mother-infant intervention project in Hanover Park, a deprived area of Cape Town, characterised by poverty, gangsterism and high levels of unemployment. The aim of the project was to ... Read more
Early intervention: a foundation for lifelong violence prevention.

Author: Skeen, Sarah ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Ward, Catherine L ; Cluver, Lucie ; Lachman, Jamie M Date: 2015 High levels of violence affect every family in South Africa. Exposure to violence starts early, in both the home and community. There are high levels of physical abuse of children,1 and the national under-five homicide rate is more than double ... Read more c b a
The effectiveness of problem solving therapy in deprived South African communities: results from a pilot study

Author: van't Hof, Edith ; Stein, Dan ; Marks, Isaac ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Cuijpers, Pim Date: 2011 BACKGROUND:The majority of South Africans with a DSM-IV diagnosis receive no treatment for their mental health problems. There is a move to simplify treatment for common mental disorders (CMDs) in order to ease access. Brief problem solving ... Read more c b
How effective is help on the doorstep? A longitudinal evaluation of community-based organisation support

Author: Sherr, Lorraine ; Yakubovich, Alexa R ; Skeen, Sarah ; Cluver, Lucie D ; Hensels, Imca S ; Macedo, Ana ; Tomlinson, Mark Date: 2016 Community-based responses have a lengthy history. The ravages of HIV on family functioning has included a widespread community response. Although much funding has been invested in front line community-based organisations (CBO), there was no ... Read more c b
Identifying and treating maternal mental health difficulties in Afghanistan: A feasibility study

Author: Tomlinson, Mark ; Chaudhery, Deepika ; Ahmadzai, Habibullah ; Rodríguez Gómez, Sofía ; Rodríguez Gómez, Cécile ; van Heyningen, Thandi ; Chopra, Mickey Date: 27 Oct 2020 Background: The disproportionately high burden of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, coupled with the overwhelming lack of resources, requires an innovative approach to intervention and response. This study evaluated the ... Read more
Impact of district mental health care plans on symptom severity and functioning of patients with priority mental health conditions: the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) cohort protocol

Author: Baron, Emily C ; Rathod, Sujit D ; Hanlon, Charlotte ; Prince, Martin ; Fedaku, Abebaw ; Kigozi, Fred ; Jordans, Mark ; Luitel, Nagendra P ; Medhin, Girmay ; Murhar, Vaibhav ; Nakku, Juliet ; Patel, Vikram ; Petersen, Inge ; Selohilwe, One ; Shidhaye, Rahul ; Ssebunnya, Joshua ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Lund, Crick ; De Silva, Mary Date: 06 Mar 2018 Background The Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) sought to implement mental health care plans (MHCP) for four priority mental disorders (depression, alcohol use disorder, psychosis and epilepsy) into routine ... Read more
Maternal mental health in primary care in five low- and middle-income countries: a situational analysis

Author: Baron, Emily C ; Hanlon, Charlotte ; Mall, Sumaya ; Honikman, Simone ; Breuer, Erica ; Kathree, Tasneem ; Luitel, Nagendra P ; Nakku, Juliet ; Lund, Crick ; Medhin, Girmay ; Patel, Vikram ; Petersen, Inge ; Shrivastava, Sanjay ; Tomlinson, Mark Date: 16 Feb 2016 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 (LMICs). This study reports findings of a cross-country situation ... Read more c b
The perceptions and socio-cultural beliefs of Xhosa speaking people in relation to perinatal distress

Author: Chonco, Jabulisile C N Date: 2007 The current study aims to explore the perceptions and socio-cultural beliefs amongst Xhosa speaking people in relation to perinatal distress. A sample of 20 participants was selected in Cape Town. A grounded theory method of study was used ... Read more
PRIME: a programme to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders in five low-and middle-income countries

Author: Lund, Crick ; Tomlinson, Mark ; De Silva, Mary ; Fekadu, Abebaw ; Shidhaye, Rahul ; Jordans, Mark ; Petersen, Inge ; Bhana, Arvin ; Kigozi, Fred ; Prince, Martin Date: 2012 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 integrated packages of care for priority mental disorders in primary and ... Read more c b
Responsible governance for mental health research in low resource countries

Author: Yasamy, M Taghi ; Maulik, Pallab K ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Lund, Crick ; Van Ommeren, Mark ; Saxena, Shekhar Date: 2011 aghi Yasamy and colleagues identify challenges facing good research governance in low- and middle-income countries and provide suggestions for a way forward. Read more c b
Setting priorities for mental health care in Nepal: a formative study

Author: Jordans, Mark ; Luitel, Nagendra ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Komproe, Ivan Date: 2013 BACKGROUND:There is an urgent need to address the massive treatment gap for mental health problems, especially in low income settings. Packages of care integrated in routine primary health care are posited as a strategy to scale-up mental ... Read more c b
Social factors and postpartum depression in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

Author: Tomlinson, Mark ; Swartz, Leslie ; Cooper, Peter J ; Molteno, Christopher Date: 2004 Social factors, including poverty, are known risk factors for depression. In a previous study conducted in Khayelitsha, a very poor peri-urban settlement near Cape Town, a 34.7% prevalence rate for postpartum depression was found, roughly ... Read more
Stepped care for maternal mental health: a case study of the perinatal mental health project in South Africa

Author: Honikman, Simone ; van Heyningen, Thandi ; Field, Sally ; Baron, Emily ; Tomlinson, Mark Date: 2012 Common 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 more c b
'Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words--' : a psychoanalytic case study of the role of the body in trauma and containment

Author: Mendel, Anya Date: 2008 The anaclitic relationship between psyche and soma is a basic premise of psychoanalytic thought, and is richly woven into classic and contemporary literature in this field. Yet there is limited work drawing together these disparate references, ... Read more
Task sharing of a psychological intervention for maternal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Author: Lund, Crick ; Schneider, Marguerite ; Davies, Thandi ; Nyatsanza, Memory ; Honikman, Simone ; Bhana, Arvin ; Bass, Judith ; Bolton, Paul ; Dewey, Michael ; Joska, John ; Kagee, Ashraf ; Myer, Landon ; Petersen, Inge ; Prince, Martin ; Stein, Dan J ; Thornicroft, Graham ; Tomlinson, Mark ; Alem, Atalay ; Susser, Ezra Date: 21 Nov 2014 Background: Maternal depression carries a major public health burden for mothers and their infants, yet there is a substantial treatment gap for this condition in low-resourced regions such as sub-Saharan Africa. To address this treatment ... Read more c b

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