AUTHOR'S PROFILE

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Publications (54)

Exploring the relationship between mental health issues and academic performance of undergraduate students in a Ghanaian tertiary institution: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Discover mental health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Arthur Andrew Nketsia AN Fraikue Joanne J Adu-Amankwah Bijoux B Ofori Richard R Sekyi Dorcas D Boateng Abena Afrakomah AA Asamoah Elsie E Appiah Seth Christopher Yaw SCY

Digital health for early psychosis in Ghana: patient and caregiver needs and preferences.

Journal: Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Larsen Anna A Agorinya Joel J Beaulieu Alexa A Sottie Emmanuel Quame EQ Buck Benjamin B Obeng Kwadwo K Kyeremeh Bill B Dogbe Fredrick Kwame FK Iddrisu Muhammed Izudeen MI Dowuona Phil Emil Okwei PEO

mHealth and Digital Innovations as Catalysts for Transforming Mental Health Care in Ghana.

Journal: Global health, science and practice

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Sackey Enoch E Ofori-Atta Angela A Ohene Sammy S Obeng Kwadwo K Ben-Zeev Dror D

Self-management interventions for gestational diabetes in Africa: a scoping review.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Druye Andrews Adjei AA Owusu Gifty G Yeboa Naomi Kyeremaa NK Boso Christian Makafui CM Berchie Gifty Osei GO Nabe Bernard B Abraham Susanna Aba SA Nsatimba Frederick F Agyare Dorcas Frempomaa DF Agyeiwaa Joyce J

Ownership and usage of insecticide-treated nets in Ghana: a scoping review of facilitators and barriers.

Journal: Malaria journal

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Doe Patience Fakornam PF Druye Andrews Adjei AA Azu Theodora Dedo TD Boso Christian Makafui CM Commey Isaac Tetteh IT Agyare Dorcas Frempomaa DF Agyeiwaa Joyce J Berchie Gifty Osei GO Opoku-Danso Rita R Owusu Gifty G

Free-water imaging reveals unique brain microstructural deficits in hispanic individuals with Dementia.

Journal: Brain imaging and behavior

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Ofori Edward E Vaillancourt David E DE Greig-Custo Maria T MT Barker Warren W Hanson Kevin K DeKosky Steven T ST Garvan Cynthia S CS Adjouadi Malek M Golde Todd T Loewenstein David A DA

Knowledge and use of art therapy for mental health treatment among clinical psychologists.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Doku Asare Eugenia Priscilla EP Kushitor Sandra Boatemaa SB Sutherland Edward Kofi EK Ofori Boateng Millicent M Manortey Stephen S

Combining mHealth Technology and Pharmacotherapy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Reduce Human Rights Abuses in West Africa: Intervention Field Trial.

Journal: JMIR mental health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Ben-Zeev Dror D Larsen Anna A Attah Dzifa A DA Obeng Kwadwo K Beaulieu Alexa A Asafo Seth M SM Gavi Jonathan Kuma JK Kadakia Arya A Sottie Emmanuel Quame EQ Ohene Sammy S

Psychiatry pharmacogenomics: Africans are not at the table.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Adiukwu Frances F Essien Emmanuel Aniekan EA Adesokun Olufisayo O Ofori Sandra S

The effect of social change on causal beliefs of mental disorders and treatment preferences in Ghana.

Journal: Social science & medicine (1982)

Publication Year: 1995

Authors & Co-authors:  Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta A M AM Linden W W

Homelessness and mental health in Ghana: everyday experiences of Accra's migrant squatters.

Journal: Journal of health psychology

Publication Year: 2008

Authors & Co-authors:  de-Graft Aikins Ama A Ofori-Atta Angela L AL

A situation analysis of mental health services and legislation in Ghana: challenges for transformation.

Journal: African journal of psychiatry

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Ofori-Atta A A Read U M UM Lund C C

Scaling up community-based services and improving quality of care in the state psychiatric hospitals: the way forward for Ghana.

Journal: African journal of psychiatry

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Akpalu B B Lund C C Doku V V Ofori-Atta A A Osei A A Ae-Ngibise K K Awenva D D Cooper S S Flisher A J AJ

From mental health policy development in Ghana to implementation: what are the barriers?

Journal: African journal of psychiatry

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Awenva A D AD Read U M UM Ofori-Attah A L AL Doku V C K VC Akpalu B B Osei A O AO Flisher A J AJ

Common understandings of women's mental illness in Ghana: results from a qualitative study.

Journal: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Ofori-Atta Angela A Cooper Sara S Akpalu Bright B Osei Akwasi A Doku Victor V Lund Crick C Flisher Alan A

Recruitment and retention of mental health workers in Ghana.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Jack Helen H Canavan Maureen M Ofori-Atta Angela A Taylor Lauren L Bradley Elizabeth E

Psychological distress in Ghana: associations with employment and lost productivity.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Canavan Maureen E ME Sipsma Heather L HL Adhvaryu Achyuta A Ofori-Atta Angela A Jack Helen H Udry Christopher C Osei-Akoto Isaac I Bradley Elizabeth H EH

Poor mental health in Ghana: who is at risk?

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Sipsma Heather H Ofori-Atta Angela A Canavan Maureen M Osei-Akoto Isaac I Udry Christopher C Bradley Elizabeth H EH

Cross-National Analysis of Beliefs and Attitude Toward Mental Illness Among Medical Professionals From Five Countries.

Journal: The Psychiatric quarterly

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Stefanovics Elina E He Hongbo H Ofori-Atta Angela A Cavalcanti Maria Tavares MT Rocha Neto Helio H Makanjuola Victor V Ighodaro Adesuwa A Leddy Meaghan M Rosenheck Robert R

Aggression in mental health settings: a case study in Ghana.

Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Jack Helen H Canavan Maureen M Bradley Elizabeth E Ofori-Atta Angela A

Expanding the Pipeline: The New York University School of Medicine-University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry Psychiatric Education Initiative.

Journal: International journal of mental health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Vaughn Rubiahna L RL Smith Lianne Morris LM Bernstein Carol A CA Hansen Helena H Ofori-Atta Angela A Ohene Sammy S

Witchcraft and Biopsychosocial Causes of Mental Illness: Attitudes and Beliefs About Mental Illness Among Health Professionals in Five Countries.

Journal: The Journal of nervous and mental disease

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Stefanovics Elina A EA He Hongbo H Cavalcanti Maria M Neto Helio H Ofori-Atta Angelo A Leddy Meaghan M Ighodaro Adesuwa A Rosenheck Robert R

Key influences in the design and implementation of mental health information systems in Ghana and South Africa.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ahuja S S Mirzoev T T Lund C C Ofori-Atta A A Skeen S S Kufuor A A

Prayer Camps and Biomedical Care in Ghana: Is Collaboration in Mental Health Care Possible?

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Arias Daniel D Taylor Lauren L Ofori-Atta Angela A Bradley Elizabeth H EH

Medical Student Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Mental Illness Across Five Nations.

Journal: The Journal of nervous and mental disease

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors:  Stefanovics Elina A EA Rosenheck Robert A RA He Hongo H Ofori-Atta Angela A Cavalcanti Maria M Chiles Catherine C

Challenges in the use of the mental health information system in a resource-limited setting: lessons from Ghana.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors:  Kpobi Lily L Swartz Leslie L Ofori-Atta Angela L AL

Joining psychiatric care and faith healing in a prayer camp in Ghana: randomised trial.

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

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors:  Ofori-Atta A A Attafuah J J Jack H H Baning F F Rosenheck R R

Women's experiences of midwifery care immediately before and after caesarean section deliveries at a public Hospital in the Western Region of Ghana.

Journal: BMC pregnancy and childbirth

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors:  Afaya Agani A Dzomeku Veronica Millicent VM Baku Elizabeth A EA Afaya Richard Adongo RA Ofori Mavis M Agyeibi Samuel S Boateng Frederick F Gamor Rosemond Ohwui RO Gyasi-Kwofie Elsie E Mwini Nyaledzigbor Prudence P PP

Correlates of child functional difficulties status in Ghana: A further analysis of the 2017/18 multiple indicator cluster survey.

Journal: Heliyon

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Dey Nutifafa Eugene Yaw NEY Dziwornu Emmanuel E Frimpong-Manso Kwabena K Duah Henry Ofori HO Agbadi Pascal P

A Digital Toolkit (M-Healer) to Improve Care and Reduce Human Rights Abuses Against People With Mental Illness in West Africa: User-Centered Design, Development, and Usability Study.

Journal: JMIR mental health

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Ben-Zeev Dror D Meller Suzanne S Snyder Jaime J Attah Dzifa A DA Albright Liam L Le Hoa H Asafo Seth M SM Collins Pamela Y PY Ofori-Atta Angela A

Neuropharmacological Assessment of the Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of (Ait). R. Br. (Apocynaceae) in Mice.

Journal: Scientifica

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Obese Ernest E Ameyaw Elvis Ofori EO Biney Robert Peter RP Adakudugu Emmanuel Awintiig EA Woode Eric E

Mental health and quality of life burden in Buruli ulcer disease patients in Ghana.

Journal: Infectious diseases of poverty

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Amoako Yaw Ampem YA Ackam Nancy N Omuojine John-Paul JP Oppong Michael Ntiamoah MN Owusu-Ansah Abena Gyawu AG Boateng Harriet H Abass Mohammed Kabiru MK Amofa George G Ofori Elizabeth E Okyere Portia Boakye PB

Relationship between mothers'/caregivers' reported learning difficulty and internalizing symptoms (anxiety and depression) of children aged 5-17 years in Ghana.

Journal: Research in developmental disabilities

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors:  Norman Queen Angela QA Dey Nutifafa Eugene Yaw NEY Owusu Ansah Kenneth K Arthur-Holmes Francis F Duah Henry Ofori HO Agbadi Pascal P

Seeking Healing for a Mental Illness: Understanding the Care Experiences of Service Users at a Prayer Camp in Ghana.

Journal: Journal of religion and health

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Gyimah L L Ofori-Atta A A Asafo S S Curry L L

The impact of strike action by Ghana registered nurses and midwives on the access to and utilization of healthcare services.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors:  Ampofo Perpetual Ofori PO Tenkorang-Twum David D Adjorlolo Samuel S Chandi Margaretta Gloria MG Wuni Francis Kwaku FK Asiedu Ernestina E Kukula Vida Ami VA Opoku Sampson S

The Mediating Role of Selfitis in the Associations between Self-Esteem, Problematic Social Media Use, Problematic Smartphone Use, Body-Self Appearance, and Psychological Distress among Young Ghanaian Adults.

Journal: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Oppong Derek D Adjaottor Emma Sethina ES Addo Frimpong-Manso FM Nyaledzigbor Worlali W Ofori-Amanfo Amma Serwaa AS Chen Hsin-Pao HP Ahorsu Daniel Kwasi DK

Influence of depression and interpersonal support on adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV.

Journal: AIDS research and therapy

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Nutor Jerry John JJ Gyamerah Akua O AO Alhassan Robert Kaba RK Duah Henry Ofori HO Thompson Rachel G A RGA Wilson Natalie N Harris Orlando O Gutierrez Jose J Hoffmann Thomas J TJ Getahun Monica M

Developing the West African Digital Mental Health Alliance (WADMA).

Journal: Nature medicine

Publication Year: 2023

Authors & Co-authors:  Kola Lola L Larsen Anna A Asafo Seth S Attah Dzifa Abra DA Beaulieu Alexa A Gavi Jonathan Kuma JK Hallgren Kevin K Kadakia Arya A Obeng Kwadwo K Ohene Sammy S

A systematic review of work-related health problems of factory workers in the textile and fashion industry.

Journal: Journal of occupational health

Publication Year: 2024

Authors & Co-authors:  Seidu Raphael Kanyire RK Ofori Emmanuel Abankwah EA Eghan Benjamin B Fobiri George Kwame GK Afriyie Alex Osei AO Acquaye Richard R

Generating evidence to narrow the treatment gap for mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa: rationale, overview and methods of AFFIRM.

Journal: Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Lund C C Alem A A Schneider M M Hanlon C C Ahrens J J Bandawe C C Bass J J Bhana A A Burns J J Chibanda D D