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A process evaluation exploring the lay counsellor experience of delivering a task shared psycho-social intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Author: Munodawafa, Memory ; Lund, Crick ; Schneider, Marguerite Date: 2017 Background: Task sharing of psycho-social interventions for perinatal depression has been shown to be feasible, acceptable and effective in low and middle-income countries. This study conducted a process evaluation exploring the perceptions ... Read more
Barriers to physical health care in persons with severe mental illness: a facility based mixed method study in Ethiopia

Author: Merga, Desalegn Bekele Date: 2015 People with severe mental illnesses (SMI) face barriers that contribute to poor physical health outcomes. However, these barriers have not been systematically investigated in Ethiopia. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine barriers to ... Read more
Child and adolescent mental health policy in South Africa: history, current policy development and implementation, and policy analysis

Author: Mokitimi, Stella ; Schneider, Marguerite ; de Vries, Petrus J Date: 26 Jun 2018 Background Mental health problems represent the greatest global burden of disease among children and adolescents. There is, however, lack of policy development and implementation for child and adolescent mental health (CAMH), ... Read more
Child and adolescent mental health services in the Western Cape of South Africa: policy evaluation, situational analysis, stakeholder perspectives, and implications for health policy implementation

Author: Mokitimi, Stella Date: 2021 In spite of the need for child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) services across the globe, very little has been done to develop and strengthen CAMH in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). South Africa is an example of an LMIC where ... Read more
Common mental disorders and barriers to adherence to HIV medications among emerging adults living with HIV using healthcare services in Harare

Author: Saruchera, Emily Wendy Date: 2020 Background: Emerging adulthood (18 to 29 years old) is a critical age group in relation to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic and to mental health. A major public health concern globally, in management of HIV, is that emerging ... Read more
Depression and HIV/AIDS: adapting and piloting group interpersonal therapy for treatment of depressive symptoms for people living with HIV/AIDS in Northwest Ethiopia

Author: Yirdaw, Biksegn Date: 2021 Background Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and commencement of lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) with the requirement of high adherence can exacerbate or trigger depressive disorders. Prevalence of major depression is substantially higher ... Read more
Developing a task-sharing psychological intervention to treat mild to moderate symptoms of perinatal depression and anxiety in South Africa: a mixed-method formative study

Author: Boisits, Sonet ; Abrahams, Zulfa ; Schneider, Marguerite ; Honikman, Simone ; Kaminer, Debra ; Lund, Crick Date: 15 Mar 2021 Background Symptoms of depression and anxiety are highly prevalent amongst perinatal women in low-resource settings of South Africa, but there is no access to standardised counselling support for these conditions in public ... Read more c b
Developing antenatal maternal mental health services: Identifying depression in pregnant women attending antenatal care in Sodo district health centres, Ethiopia

Author: Bayouh, Fikirte Girma Date: 2020 Background Major Depressive Disorder is a leading cause of disease burden for women of childbearing age. The prevalence of perinatal depression is significantly higher in women from low and middle income countries than from high income ... Read more
Disability and social change: a South African agenda

Author: Watermeyer, Brian ; Swartz, Leslie ; Lorenzo, Theresa ; Schneider, Marguerite ; Priestley, Mark Date: 2011 This powerful volume represents the broadest engagement with disability issues in South Africa yet. It covers a wide range of perspectives of disability, from theoretical perspectives on disability, to disability in education, to disability's ... Read more c b n d
Documenting of care arrangements for children of mothers admitted to a psychiatric hospital: A South African case study

Author: Dawood, Nisaar Ahmed Date: 2018 Background: Enquiring about and documenting care arrangements for children of inpatient mothers with mental illness is paramount. Failure to do so could have a negative impact on the well-being of their children. Documenting care arrangements ... Read more
An exploration of the perceptions of and risk and protective factors for drug use among young persons aged between 18 and 24 years in Mufakose, Harare, Zimbabwe

Author: Chivese, Nyamadzawo Date: 2017 Background: Drug use by young people is on the increase globally, regionally and locally, in Zimbabwe. Most of what is known about the risk and protective factors for drug use has been written from studies done in high income countries. Limited ... Read more
Filling the gap: development and qualitative process evaluation of a task sharing psycho-social counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Author: Munodawafa, Memory Nyasha Lynnette Date: 2018 Perinatal depression is a major public health issue which contributes significantly to the global burden of disease, especially in low resource settings in South Africa, where there is a shortage of mental health professionals. New psychological ... Read more
Filling the treatment gap: developing a task sharing counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Author: Nyatsanza, Memory ; Schneider, Marguerite ; Davies, Thandi ; Lund, Crick Date: 26 May 2016 Background: Perinatal depression is a major public health issue especially in low income settings in South Africa, where there is a shortage of mental health professionals. New psychological interventions delivered by non-specialists are ... Read more
Health related quality of life, perceptions and experiences of female patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in South Africa: exploring unmet needs using a mixed methods approach

Author: Phuti, Angel Date: 2020 Objective: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a multi‐system disease that predominately affects women. Considering the lack of data on health related quality of life (HRQoL) especially in sub‐ Saharan Africa, we undertook a literature ... Read more
Major depressive disorder and its association with adherence to antiretroviral therapy and quality of life: cross-sectional survey of people living with HIV/AIDS in Northwest Ethiopia

Author: Asrat, Biksegn ; Lund, Crick ; Ambaw, Fentie ; Garman, Emily C ; Schneider, Marguerite Date: 24 Sep 2020 Abstract Background Major depression is believed to affect treatment adherence and overall quality of life (QoL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Comorbid major depression contributes to a two-fold higher risk of mortality among ... Read more
Measuring Disability Inclusion: Feasibility of Using Existing Multidimensional Poverty Data in South Africa

Author: Schneider, Marguerite ; Suich, Helen Date: 22 Apr 2021 This paper presents a framework for measuring disability inclusion in order to examine the associations between disability severity and levels of inclusion, provides an example of its operationalization, and assesses the feasibility of using ... Read more
Mental health in the workplace: exploring how mental health is being addressed in the Namibian Public Service

Author: Kavetuna, Julieta Date: 2022 Introduction: Mental health in the workplace has emerged as an important issue and a number of pieces of legislation at the international and regional level provide a good framework for ensuring that people with mental disorders have equal ... Read more
Outcome evaluation of an in-patient psychotherapy program: mindfulness, difficulty with emotion regulation, and mood and anxiety symptoms

Author: Van Der Walt, Sarel Date: 2019 This exploratory enquiry into the effectiveness of an in-patient psychotherapy program measured the changes in mood and anxiety symptoms, difficulty with emotion regulation, and dispositional mindfulness in a clinical population with diverse ... Read more
Participant profiles and symptom responses in the initial stages of a South African Mental health managed care programme

Author: Hattingh, Leandri Date: 2019 Introduction Continuously rising health care and workplace costs associated with mental illness is demanding attention from health care funders in South Africa’s private health care sector. The majority of mental health care costs are ... Read more
Perinatal depressive symptoms among low-income South African women at risk of depression: trajectories and predictors

Author: Garman, Emily C ; Schneider, Marguerite ; Lund, Crick Date: 14 Jun 2019 Abstract Background The aim of the study was to identify trajectories of perinatal depressive symptoms and their predictors among women living in a low-resource setting in South Africa, and ... Read more

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