AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Mensah

Publications (59)

Preterm delivery in Ghana: challenges and implications for maternal mental health trajectories.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Kumador David Kwame DK Opoku-Mensah Alberta A Tackie-Ofosu Vivian V Mahama Sheriffa S Owusu-Bempah Justice J Osei Tutu Crossby C

Comorbidities and HIV-related factors associated with mental health symptoms and unhealthy substance use among older adults living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Journal of the International AIDS Society

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Ross Jeremy L JL Rupasinghe Dhanushi D Chanyachukul Thida T Crabtree Ramírez Brenda B Murenzi Gad G Kwobah Edith E Mureithi Fiona F Minga Albert A Marbaniang Ivan I Perazzo Hugo H

Caregivers' Experience of Supporting Deaf Adults with Mental Health Disorders in Ghana.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo WK Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah EM Nur Shakila S Duorinaah Juventus J Frimpomaa Lilian L Efstratopoulou Maria M

Predictors of food security status among informal caregivers of older adults residing in slums in Ghana.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Adei Dina D Agyemang-Duah Williams W Boateng Bright Osei BO Mensah Anthony Acquah AA

Health assets among refugees in Australia: a systematic review.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Dawson Angela A Adjei-Mensah Evelyn E Hayen Andrew A Nathan Sally S Heywood Anita A Mahimbo Abela A Merrington Heidi H Rogers Claire C

Exploring the synergy between emotional intelligence and self-esteem among university students in Ghana.

Journal: BMC psychology

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Miezah Daniel D Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Fenu Christopher C Quainoo Raphael R Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah EM

Prevalence, Patterns and Correlates of Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders in Kumasi, Ghana: An Urban Community-Based Survey.

Journal: Child psychiatry and human development

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Inuwa Kawther K Otu-Ansah Caleb C Ekremet Peggy Asiedu PA Sackey Ruth Charlotte RC Owusu-Antwi Ruth R Ohene Sammy S Omigbodun Olayinka O

Perspectives of psychiatric nurses on the stigmatization of mental healthcare in Ghana: a qualitative study.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Mensah David Kofi DK

Mental health services for the deaf: an exploratory study of the aetiology, sources of information, and access to mental health services among deaf persons in Ghana.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Opoku Maxwell Peprah MP Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo WK Duorinaah Juventus J Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah EM Nketsia William W Adwan-Kamara Lyla L

Implementation of national policies and interventions (WHO Best Buys) for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana: a mixed methods analysis.

Journal: Health research policy and systems

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Baatiema Leonard L Sanuade Olutobi Adekunle OA Kretchy Irene Akwo IA Okoibhole Lydia L Kushitor Sandra Boatemaa SB Haghparast-Bidgoli Hassan H Awuah Raphael Baffour RB Amon Samuel S Mensah Sedzro Kojo SK Grijalva-Eternod Carlos S CS

A Comparative Study of Intelligence Quotients of Almajirai Attending Quranic Schools and Pupils of Selected Primary Schools in Zaria, Northwest Nigeria.

Journal: West African journal of medicine

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Abubakar-Abdullateef A A Mohammed A A Kusi-Mensah K K Mohammed H D HD Kakangi A S AS

Psychological distress of Ghanaian couples after unsuccessful treatment for infertility.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Arhin Stephen M SM Mensah Kwesi B KB Agbeno Evans K EK Yirdong Felix F Opoku-Agyeman Kwame K Ansah Charles C

Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people's health during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

Journal: Lancet (London, England)

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Mokdad Ali H AH Forouzanfar Mohammad Hossein MH Daoud Farah F Mokdad Arwa A AA El Bcheraoui Charbel C Moradi-Lakeh Maziar M Kyu Hmwe Hmwe HH Barber Ryan M RM Wagner Joseph J Cercy Kelly K

Previous help sought by patients presenting to mental health services in Kumasi, Ghana.

Journal: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Publication Year: 2004

Authors & Co-authors:  Appiah-Poku J J Laugharne R R Mensah E E Osei Y Y Burns T T

Stillbirths: economic and psychosocial consequences.

Journal: Lancet (London, England)

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Heazell Alexander E P AEP Siassakos Dimitrios D Blencowe Hannah H Burden Christy C Bhutta Zulfiqar A ZA Cacciatore Joanne J Dang Nghia N Das Jai J Flenady Vicki V Gold Katherine J KJ

Adjudicating mentally disordered offenders in Ghana: The criminal and mental health legislations.

Journal: International journal of law and psychiatry

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Adjorlolo Samuel S Chan Heng Choon Oliver HC Mensah Agboli Jacob J

Association between maternal depression and child stunting in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Wemakor Anthony A Mensah Kofi Akohene KA

Stroke-related stigma among West Africans: Patterns and predictors.

Journal: Journal of the neurological sciences

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Sarfo Fred Stephen FS Nichols Michelle M Qanungo Suparna S Teklehaimanot Abeba A Singh Arti A Mensah Nathaniel N Saulson Raelle R Gebregziabher Mulugeta M Ezinne Uvere U Owolabi Mayowa M

Building Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Expertise in Ghana Through Training and Knowledge Dissemination: a Review of the Initial Collaboration Stages, Opportunities, and Challenges.

Journal: Current psychiatry reports

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Natala Nakita N Owusu-Antwi Ruth R Donnir Gordon G Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Burns Heidi H Mohiuddin Sarah S Fluent Thomas T Riba Michelle M Dalack Gregory G

Prevalence and risk factors associated with non-traffic related injury in the older population in Ghana: Wave 2 of the WHO Study on Global AGEing and adult health (SAGE).

Journal: Preventive medicine reports

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Udofia E A EA Aheto J M JM Mensah G G Biritwum R R Yawson A E AE

Prevalence and patterns of mental disorders among primary school age children in Ghana: correlates with academic achievement.

Journal: Journal of child and adolescent mental health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Donnir Gordon G Wemakor Stephen S Owusu-Antwi Ruth R Omigbodun Olayinka O

Neuroimaging the consciousness of self: Review, and conceptual-methodological framework.

Journal: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Frewen Paul P Schroeter Matthias L ML Riva Giuseppe G Cipresso Pietro P Fairfield Beth B Padulo Caterina C Kemp Andrew Haddon AH Palaniyappan Lena L Owolabi Mayowa M Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K

Children left behind by parental migration in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal: The Lancet. Child & adolescent health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Omigbodun Olayinka O

Recovery services and expectation of consumers and mental health professionals in community-based residential facilities of Ghana.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Gyamfi Naomi N Badu Eric E Mprah Wisdom Kwadwo WK Mensah Isaac I

Rethinking research on the social determinants of global mental health.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Rose-Clarke Kelly K Gurung Dristy D Brooke-Sumner Carrie C Burgess Rochelle R Burns Jonathan J Kakuma Ritsuko R Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Ladrido-Ignacio Lourdes L Maulik Pallab K PK Roberts Tessa T

Short-Term Changes in Behaviors Resulting from COVID-19-Related Social Isolation and Their Influences on Mental Health in Ghana.

Journal: Community mental health journal

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Asiamah Nestor N Opuni Frank Frimpong FF Mends-Brew Edwin E Mensah Samuel Worlanyo SW Mensah Henry Kofi HK Quansah Fidelis F

Predictors of Anxiety-Induced Sleep Disturbance among in-School Adolescents in Ghana: Evidence from the 2012 Global School-Based Health Survey.

Journal: Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ahinkorah Bright Opoku BO Aboagye Richard Gyan RG Arthur-Holmes Francis F Seidu Abdul-Aziz AA Frimpong James Boadu JB Budu Eugene E Amoako Bernard Mensah BM Hagan John Elvis JE

Suicidal behaviours among deaf adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Journal of public health (Oxford, England)

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Quarshie E N B ENB Fobi D D Acheampong E K EK Honu-Mensah C M CM Fobi J J Appau O O Andoh-Arthur J J Oppong Asante K K

The psychological distress and mental health disorders from COVID-19 stigmatization in Ghana.

Journal: Social sciences & humanities open

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Adom Dickson D Mensah Jephthar Adu JA Osei Mavis M

Child and adolescent psychiatry training curriculum: a global trainee's perspective.

Journal: BJPsych international

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Gnanavel Sundar S Sharma Pawan P Sebela Antonin A Alemany Teresa Gomez TG Chang Jane Pei-Chen JP de Medeiros Filho Mauro Victor MV Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Kaligis Fransiska F Kato Hidekazu H Le Huu Kim HK

Exploring the reasons for novice nurse educators' transition from practice to academia in Ghana.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Laari Timothy Tienbia TT Apiribu Felix F Amooba Philemon Adoliwine PA Mensah Adwoa Bemah Boamah ABB Gazari Timothy T Kuunibe Joseph Kuufaakang JK Atanuriba Gideon Awenabisa GA Akor Moses Haruna MH

Psychological impact of COVID-19 on diabetes mellitus patients in Cape Coast, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: The Pan African medical journal

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Ephraim Richard Kobina Dadzie RKD Duah Evans E Nkansah Charles C Amoah Samuel S Fosu Emmanuel E Afrifa Justice J Botchway Felix F Okyere Perditer P Essien-Baidoo Samuel S Mensah Kofi K

Strategies Adopted by Novice Nurse Educators to Facilitate Their Transition From Practice to Academia: A Qualitative Study in Ghana.

Journal: SAGE open nursing

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Laari Timothy Tienbia TT Apiribu Felix F Gazari Timothy T Akor Moses Haruna MH Mensah Adwoa Bemah Boamah ABB Atanuriba Gideon Awenabisa GA Kuunibe Joseph Kuufaakang JK Amooba Philemon Adoliwine PA

Mental Health Outcomes and Mental Hygiene in the COVID-19 Era: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Healthcare Workers from a Regional Hospital in Ghana.

Journal: Psychology research and behavior management

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Arthur-Mensah Reginald R Paintsil Genevieve Paintsiwaa GP Agudu Delali Agnes A Kyei Abigail Agartha AA

Psychosis risk among pregnant women in Ghana.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Adjorlolo Samuel S Mensah Gwendolyn G Badzi Caroline Dinam CD

Psychosocial oncology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Ghana.

Journal: Psycho-oncology

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Amonoo Hermioni L HL Abdul-Rahim Salisu A SA Atobrah Deborah D Addo-Mensah Dorothy D Longley Regina M RM Jacobo Michelle C MC Pirl William F WF

Accelerating progress towards the sustainable development goals for adolescents in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Psychology, health & medicine

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Tamambang Rita R Bella-Awusah Tolulope T Ogunmola Segun S Afolayan Adeola A Toska Elona E Hertzog Lucas L Rudgard William W Evans Robin R Omigbodun Olayinka O

Child maltreatment mediates the relationship between HIV/AIDS family dysfunction trajectories and psychosocial problems among adolescents.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Doku Paul Narh PN Ananga Mark Kwame MK Jehu-Appiah Noranolda N Akohene Kofi Mensah KM Debrah Timothy Pritchard TP Nsatimba Frederick F

Ability and Preparedness of Family Physicians to Recognise and Treat Adolescent Mental Health Disorders in Nigeria and Ghana.

Journal: Health services insights

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Oseni Tijani Idris Ahmad TIA Mensah-Bonsu Magdalene M Damagun Fatima Mohammed FM Salam Tawakalit Olubukola TO Sonny Kumbert John KJ Opare-Lokko Edwina Beryl Addo EBA Namisango Eve E Ephraim Onyenwe Chibuike OC

Risk factors and outcomes of delirium in hospitalized older Ghanaians.

Journal: International journal of geriatric psychiatry

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Omuojine John-Paul JP Bello Toyin T Wemakor Stephen S Mante Priscilla Kolibea PK Amponsah George Sedinam GS Kusi-Mensah Kwabena K Owusu-Antwi Ruth R Sarfo Fred S FS Ohene Sammy S Ojagbemi Akin A