AUTHOR'S PROFILE

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Publications (1435)

Prevalence and determinants of depression and anxiety among Sudanese during the ongoing civil conflicts: A cross-sectional study.

Journal: Medicine

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Ghazy Ramy Mohamed RM Mohammed Yasmine Yousry YY Tolba Basma B Ahmed Hebatalla Abdelmaksoud HA Gebreal Assem A Modawy Alaa Yahia Fadle AYF Ahmed Marwa Omer Mudawi Mohamed MOMM Elehamer Nafisa M K NMK Adam Mohammed Fathelrahman Mohammed Ahmed MFMA Al-Qahtani Faisal Saeed FS

A preliminary study on the role of personal history of infectious and parasitic diseases on self-reported health across countries.

Journal: Public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Pfuhl Gerit G Prazeres Filipe F Kowal Marta M Aavik Toivo T Abad-Villaverde Beatriz B Afhami Reza R Aguilar Leonardo L Akello Grace G Al-Shawaf Laith L Antfolk Jan J

Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals: position paper.

Journal: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Soffer-Dudek Nirit N Somer Eli E Spiegel David D Chefetz Richard R O'Neil John J Dorahy Martin J MJ Cardeña Etzel E Mamah Daniel D Schimmenti Adriano A Musetti Alessandro A

Large-scale profiling of antibody reactivity to glycolipids in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Journal: Brain : a journal of neurology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Thomma Robin C M RCM Halstead Susan K SK de Koning Laura C LC Wiegers Evelin E J A EEJA Gourlay Dawn S DS Tio-Gillen Anne P AP van Rijs Wouter W Andersen Henning H Antonini Giovanni G Arends Samuel S

'We do not like talking about our problems': socialization and idealized masculinity as drivers of help-seeking avoidance among college men in South Africa.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Sikweyiya Yandisa Y Mahlangu Pinky P Jewkes Rachel R Brooke-Sumner Carrie C Gibbs Andrew A Dartnall Elizabeth E Pillay Managa M Machisa Mercilene M

Factors shaping the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in Ghana.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Gyamerah Akua O AO Odiase Osamuedeme J OJ Habib Helen H HH Achana Fabian F Canizares Andy A Getahun Monica M Aborigo Raymond R Ouner Jerry John JJ Malechi Hawa H Koku Awoonor-Williams John J

Prevalence and determinants of mental distress among patients admitted in medical and surgical wards of public hospitals in South Gondar zone, Ethiopia.

Journal: Scientific reports

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Amare Abraham Tsedalu AT Birlie Tekalign Amera TA Feleke Dejen Getaneh DG Aytenew Tigabu Munye TM Eshetie Yeshiambaw Y Bantie Berihun B Azmeraw Molla M Ayehu Gashaw Walle GW Alene Tamiru T Dubale Yosef Gebremikael YG

The association between sexual violence and mental disorders among women victim-survivors in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal: BMJ global health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Woldie Sintayehu Abebe SA Walker Genevieve G Bergman Sarah S Diemer Kristin K Block Karen K Armstrong Gregory G Kaba Mirgissa M Vaughan Cathy C

The Impact of Spirituality and Social Support on Health-Related Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients, Marrakech, Morocco.

Journal: Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education

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Authors & Co-authors:  Belhaj Haddou Meryam M El Mouaddib Hicham H Khouchani Mouna M Elkhoudri Noureddine N

Epidemiology and occupational risk factors of male infertility based on 3,025 patients in Eastern Morocco during 2021-2023: a cohort study.

Journal: Obstetrics & gynecology science

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Authors & Co-authors:  Rochdi Chaymae C Ouadrhiri Meriem M Bellajdel Ibtissam I Taheri Hafsa H Saadi Hanane H Mimouni Ahmed A Choukri Mohammed M

Implementation Determinants of Problem-Solving Therapy Delivered by Near-Peer Lay Counselors for Youth Living with HIV in Botswana: Lay Counsellor Perspectives.

Journal: Global implementation research and applications

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Authors & Co-authors:  Ahmed Charisse V CV Van Pelt Amelia E AE Buttenheim Alison M AM Poku Ohemaa O Rice Bridgette M BM Lowenthal Elizabeth D ED Brooks Merrian J MJ

The Arabic Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and its three-item version: Factor structure and measurement invariance among university students.

Journal: Acta psychologica

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Authors & Co-authors:  Ali Amira Mohammed AM Al-Dossary Saeed A SA Aljaberi Musheer A MA Atout Maha M Alamer Rasmieh R Suliman Mohamed M H MMH Fekih-Romdhane Feten F

Distress is positively associated with induced secondary hyperalgesia in people with suppressed HIV.

Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

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Authors & Co-authors:  Mqadi Luyanduthando L Bedwell Gillian J GJ Msolo Ncumisa N Arendse Gwendoline G Lesosky Maia M Kamerman Peter R PR Hutchinson Mark R MR Schrepf Andrew A Edwards Robert R RR Joska John A JA

Mapping variants in thyroid hormone transporter MCT8 to disease severity by genomic, phenotypic, functional, structural and deep learning integration.

Journal: Nature communications

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Groeneweg Stefan S van Geest Ferdy S FS Martín Mariano M Dias Mafalda M Frazer Jonathan J Medina-Gomez Carolina C Sterenborg Rosalie B T M RBTM Wang Hao H Dolcetta-Capuzzo Anna A de Rooij Linda J LJ

Patterns and predictors of 12-month treatment of common anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in the World Mental Health (WMH) surveys: treatment in the context of perceived need.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

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Authors & Co-authors:  Stein Dan J DJ Vigo Daniel V DV Harris Meredith G MG Kazdin Alan E AE Viana Maria Carmen MC Hwang Irving I Kessler Timothy L TL Manoukian Sophie M SM Sampson Nancy A NA Alonso Jordi J

Adapting a sexual and reproductive health program for Latina teens and their female caregivers: a qualitative study.

Journal: Frontiers in public health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Merrill Katherine G KG Fuentes Jacqueline J Merrill Jamison J DeCelles Jeff J Silva Jacqueline J Sedeño Angela A Salgado Susana S Vargas Sara S Cano Jennifer K JK Nabor Veronica V

Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.

Journal: The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Rubino Francesco F Cummings David E DE Eckel Robert H RH Cohen Ricardo V RV Wilding John P H JPH Brown Wendy A WA Stanford Fatima Cody FC Batterham Rachel L RL Farooqi I Sadaf IS Farpour-Lambert Nathalie J NJ

Global burden of emergency and operative conditions: an analysis of Global Burden of Disease data, 2011-2019.

Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Wimmer Sabrina S Sarabu Shreeja S Calvello Hynes Emilie E Plummer Mary Louisa ML Bognini Maeve Sophia MS Kebede Meskerem Aleka MA Ifeanyichi Martilord M Daoud Hassan H Dahir Mariam M Hargest Rachel R

Association Between Biomass Fuel Use and Depression Symptoms in the Adult Population of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Journal: Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)

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Authors & Co-authors:  Abeldaño Zuñiga Roberto Ariel RA Coca Silvia Mercedes SM Foláyan Moréniké Oluwátóyin MO Fanta Garrido Javiera J de Lima Gabriela Narcizo GN

Prevalence and correlates of depressive and anxiety symptoms among pregnant women from an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a community-based cross-sectional study.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Mulupi Stephen S Abubakar Amina A Nyongesa Moses Kachama MK Angwenyi Vibian V Kabue Margaret M Mwangi Paul Murimi PM Odhiambo Rachel R Marangu Joyce J Njoroge Eunice E Mokaya Mercy Moraa MM

FLT1 and other candidate fetal haemoglobin modifying loci in sickle cell disease in African ancestries.

Journal: Nature communications

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Wonkam Ambroise A Esoh Kevin K Levine Rachel M RM Ngo Bitoungui Valentina Josiane VJ Mnika Khuthala K Nimmagadda Nikitha N Dempsey Erin A D EAD Nkya Siana S Sangeda Raphael Z RZ Nembaware Victoria V

The International Work Addiction Scale (IWAS): A screening tool for clinical and organizational applications validated in 85 cultures from six continents.

Journal: Journal of behavioral addictions

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Authors & Co-authors:  Charzyńska Edyta E Buźniak Aleksandra A Czerwiński Stanisław K SK Woropay-Hordziejewicz Natalia N Schneider Zuzanna Z Aavik Toivo T Adamowic Mladen M Adams Byron G BG Al-Mahjoob Sami M SM Almoshawah Saad A S SAS

Is mental health contagious ? Depression, anxiety, stress and burnout among Mental health professionals in Sudan.

Journal: BMC psychiatry

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Abdelhadi Iyas Ahmed IA Mohammed Omer A OA Babikir Shaza K SK Bedri Eman Abdulkarim Mohammed Abdulkarim EAMA Abdelhadi Alaa Ahmed AA

Psychometric properties of mental health screening tools in South African adolescent girls and young women.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

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Authors & Co-authors:  Rodriguez Violeta J VJ Emerson Erin E Atujuna Millicent M Ngcuka Anelisiwe A Jaworski Erin E Macdonald Pippa P Bekker Linda-Gail LG Donenberg Geri G

Factors influencing treatment success in drug-susceptible tuberculosis patients in Ghana: A prospective cohort study.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Djochie Richard Delali Agbeko RDA Anto Berko Panyin BP Opare-Addo Mercy Naa Aduele MNA Boakye-Yiadom Jonathan J

"Space to see the future"? A political economy analysis of child and adolescent mental health and well-being in Ethiopia including routes for change.

Journal: Frontiers in sociology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Engdawork Kibur K D'Ambruoso Lucia L Hailu Tsion T Yared Mahlet M Geletu Girma M GM Baraki Semere G SG Sebsibe Elias E Abbott Pamela P

Feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) package for children 0-3 years across three countries.

Journal: Pilot and feasibility studies

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Authors & Co-authors:  Merchant Ambreen Nizar AN Kaur Raghbir R McCray Gareth G Cavallera Vanessa V Weber Ann A Gladstone Melissa M Janus Magdalana M Nisar Imran I Kariger Patricia P Sazawal Sunil S

Building Community Resilience Through Trauma-Informed Solutions: Lessons Learned from a Social Accelerator in Rural North Carolina.

Journal: Community mental health journal

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Authors & Co-authors:  Elliott Alison M AM Jana Bethany B Vu Thi T Rush Macie M Belk Aaliyah A Emmerling Dane D Jagannathan Vichi V Saeugling Seth S Hatcher Abigail A

Childhood Maltreatment and Somatic Symptoms in Adulthood: Establishing a New Research Pathway.

Journal: Neuropsychobiology

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Authors & Co-authors:  Lüönd Antonia M AM Ayas Görkem G Bachem Rahel R Carranza-Neira Julia J Eberle David J DJ Fares-Otero Natalia E NE Hashim Mohammad M Iqbal Naved N Jenkins Dan D Kamari Songhorabadi Saman S

Childhood Cancer Survivorship Care in Limited Resource Settings: A Narrative Review and Strategies to Promote Global Health Equity.

Journal: JCO global oncology

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Noyd David H DH Izurieta-Pacheco Ana Carolina AC Mzikamanda Rizine R Nakiddu Nana N An Dao Thi Thanh DTT Souvanlasy Bounpalisone B Bhalla Ritu R Kumar Chandan C Bagai Poonam P Semerci Remziye R

Individuals' positive gains from the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study across 30 countries.

Journal: Journal of global health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Li Jiaying J Davidson Patricia M PM Fong Daniel Yee Tak DYT Li Yaqin Y Lok Kris Yuet Wan KYW Wong Janet Yuen Ha JYH Man Ho Mandy M Choi Edmond Pui Hang EPH Pandian Vinciya V Duan Wenjie W

A sport-for-protection program reduces anxiety and depression in youth affected by displacement: A randomized controlled trial of the game connect program in Uganda.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Latimer Kathleen K Larok Rita R Nyeko John Paul JP Murungi Lydia L Luwangula Ronald R Lukungu Bashir B Carrin Jeroen J Nannungi Robinah R Comboni Daniel Ojara DO Kalule Esther Nanfuka EN

Effective Treatment for Mental and Substance Use Disorders in 21 Countries.

Journal: JAMA psychiatry

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Vigo Daniel V DV Stein Dan J DJ Harris Meredith G MG Kazdin Alan E AE Viana Maria Carmen MC Munthali Richard R Munro Lonna L Hwang Irving I Kessler Timothy L TL Manoukian Sophie M SM

Gender beliefs and norms underlying intimate partner violence stigma among women living in Botswana: Results of an exploratory factor analysis.

Journal: PLOS global public health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ho-Foster Ari A Machisa Mercilene Tanyaradzwa MT Moalusi Lorato Ruth LR Christofides Nicola N

Barriers to 12-month treatment of common anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders in the World Mental Health (WMH) surveys.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Viana Maria Carmen MC Kazdin Alan E AE Harris Meredith G MG Stein Dan J DJ Vigo Daniel V DV Hwang Irving I Manoukian Sophie M SM Sampson Nancy A NA Alonso Jordi J Andrade Laura Helena LH

Evaluation of risk stratification and problem management plus (PM+) for pregnant women with HIV in Kenya (Tatua study): Protocol paper.

Journal: Contemporary clinical trials

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Helova Anna A Onono Maricianah M Ogolla-Onyando Mercelline M Ouma Emmah E Imran Rabbia R Beres Laura K LK Hampanda Karen K Owuor Kevin K Szychowski Jeff M JM Ongeri Linnet L

Are Nurses Working in Mental Health in a Time of Changing Approaches More Exposed to Stress than other Professionals? Job Satisfaction and Perception of Respect for the Rights of Users in Seven Different Countries Worldwide.

Journal: Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Aviles Gonzalez Cesar Ivan CI De Matteis Sara S Abarca Arias Yessika Madelaine YM Cerchiaro Fernandez Doris Marina DM Guerra Munoz Martha Esther ME Kalcev Goce G Galletta Maura M Pinna Maria Rita MR Ramirez Rober Romero RR Brasesco Maria Veronica MV

Associations between childhood trauma and adolescent psychiatric disorders in Brazil: a longitudinal, population-based birth cohort study.

Journal: The Lancet. Global health

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Bailey Megan M Fairchild Graeme G Hammerton Gemma G Bauer Andreas A Carpena Marina X MX Murray Joseph J Santos Ina S IS Barros Aluísio J D AJD Tovo-Rodrigues Luciana L Danese Andrea A

Patterns of self-harm presentations at a Tertiary Urban Hospital in Kenya: A retrospective 5-year study (2018-2022).

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2025

Authors & Co-authors:  Njoroge Willie W Gitau Catherine C Onchari Everline E Ongeri Linnet L Khakali Linda L Khan Murad M Merali Zul Z Atwoli Lukoye L Shah Jasmit J

Implementation of RedCap data systems in Kenyan psychiatric rehabilitation: a community case study.

Journal: Frontiers in psychiatry

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Patel Neal N Turissini Matthew M Jaguga Florence F Barasa Julius J Okeyo Lily L Kimaiyo Mercy M Kosgei Gilliane G Kipkorir Naomi N Kwobah Edith Kamaru EK