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Department of Psychiatry

Publications (6037)

Task shifting-perception of stake holders about adequacy of training and supervision for community mental health workers in Ghana.

Journal: Health policy and planning

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Agyapong Vincent I O VI Osei Akwasi A Mcloughlin Declan M DM McAuliffe Eilish E

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

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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

Barriers to mental health service utilisation in Sudan - perspectives of carers and psychiatrists.

Journal: BMC health services research

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Ali Sara H SH Agyapong Vincent I O VIO

A Multiple Case Study of Mental Health Interventions in Middle Income Countries: Considering the Science of Delivery.

Journal: PloS one

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Kidd Sean A SA Madan Athena A Rallabandi Susmitha S Cole Donald C DC Muskat Elisha E Raja Shoba S Wiljer David D Aylward David D McKenzie Kwame K

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

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

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

Factors associated with skeletal muscle mass, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity in older adults: a multi-continent study.

Journal: Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors: Tyrovolas Stefanos S Koyanagi Ai A Olaya Beatriz B Ayuso-Mateos Jose Luis JL Miret Marta M Chatterji Somnath S Tobiasz-Adamczyk Beata B Koskinen Seppo S Leonardi Matilde M Haro Josep Maria JM

Regional brain volume changes in alcohol-dependent individuals during early abstinence: associations with relapse following treatment.

Journal: Addiction biology

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Durazzo Timothy C TC Mon Anderson A Gazdzinski Stefan S Meyerhoff Dieter J DJ

Proceedings of the 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation : Washington, DC, USA. 14-15 December 2015.

Journal: Implementation science : IS

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Authors & Co-authors: Chambers David D Simpson Lisa L Hill-Briggs Felicia F Neta Gila G Vinson Cynthia C Chambers David D Beidas Rinad R Marcus Steven S Aarons Gregory G Hoagwood Kimberly K

Improving Ghana's mental healthcare through task-shifting- psychiatrists and health policy directors perceptions about government's commitment and the role of community mental health workers.

Journal: Globalization and health

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Agyapong Vincent Israel Opoku VI Farren Conor C McAuliffe Eilish E

Use of crystal methamphetamine among male adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: Caregivers' experiences.

Journal: Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Asante Kwaku Oppong KO Lentoor Antonio G AG

Association of experienced and evaluative well-being with health in nine countries with different income levels: a cross-sectional study.

Journal: Globalization and health

Publication Year: 2017

Authors & Co-authors: Miret Marta M Caballero Francisco Félix FF Olaya Beatriz B Koskinen Seppo S Naidoo Nirmala N Tobiasz-Adamczyk Beata B Leonardi Matilde M Haro Josep Maria JM Chatterji Somnath S Ayuso-Mateos José Luis JL

Mild cognitive impairment and physical activity in the general population: Findings from six low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Experimental gerontology

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Vancampfort Davy D Stubbs Brendon B Lara Elvira E Vandenbulcke Mathieu M Swinnen Nathalie N Koyanagi Ai A

Multimorbidity and perceived stress: a population-based cross-sectional study among older adults across six low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Maturitas

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Stubbs Brendon B Vancampfort Davy D Veronese Nicola N Schofield Patricia P Lin Pao-Yen PY Tseng Ping-Tao PT Solmi Marco M Thompson Trevor T Carvalho André F AF Koyanagi Ai A

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

Correlates of sedentary behavior in 2,375 people with depression from 6 low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2018

Authors & Co-authors: Vancampfort Davy D Stubbs Brendon B Mugisha James J Firth Joseph J Schuch Felipe B FB Koyanagi Ai A

Mobile Health for Mental Health in West Africa: The Case for Ghana.

Journal: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Ben-Zeev Dror D

Brief interventions to address substance use among patients presenting to emergency departments in resource poor settings: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Journal: Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E

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Authors & Co-authors: Dwommoh Rebecca R Sorsdahl Katherine K Myers Bronwyn B Asante Kwaku Poku KP Naledi Tracey T Stein Dan J DJ Cleary Susan S

The relationship between causal beliefs and desire for social distance towards people with schizophrenia and depression: Results from a survey of young Ghanaian adults.

Journal: Psychiatry research

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Franke Miriam Leona ML Lersner Ulrike von UV Essel Osuanyi Quaicoo OQ Adorjan Kristina K Schomerus Georg G Gómez-Carrillo Ana A Tam Ta Thi Minh TM Böge Kerem K Mobashery Mahan M Dettling Michael M

Exploration of the understanding and etiology of ADHD in HIV/AIDS as observed by adolescents with HIV/AIDS, caregivers and health workers- using case vignettes.

Journal: African health sciences

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Mpango Richard Stephen RS Kinyanda Eugene E Rukundo Godfrey Zari GZ Osafo Joseph J Gadow Kenneth D KD

Temporal pathways of change in two randomized controlled trials for depression and harmful drinking in Goa, India.

Journal: Psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Singla Daisy R DR Hollon Steven D SD Velleman Richard R Weobong Benedict B Nadkarni Abhijit A Fairburn Christopher G CG Bhat Bhargav B Gurav Mahesh M Anand Arpita A McCambridge Jim J

Delivering the Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression through peers: an individually randomised controlled trial in India.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Fuhr Daniela C DC Weobong Benedict B Lazarus Anisha A Vanobberghen Fiona F Weiss Helen A HA Singla Daisy Radha DR Tabana Hanani H Afonso Ejma E De Sa Aveena A D'Souza Ethel E

Variation in the prevalence of depression and patterns of association, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in community-dwelling older adults in six low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2019

Authors & Co-authors: Lotfaliany Mojtaba M Hoare Erin E Jacka Felice N FN Kowal Paul P Berk Michael M Mohebbi Mohammadreza M

Are retired people higher in experiential wellbeing than working older adults? A time use approach.

Journal: Emotion (Washington, D.C.)

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Moreno-Agostino Darío D Stone Arthur A AA Schneider Stefan S Koskinen Seppo S Leonardi Matilde M Naidoo Nirmala N Tobiasz-Adamczyk Beata B Haro Josep Maria JM Miret Marta M Kowal Paul P

Comparative assessment of quality of life of patients with schizophrenia attending a community psychiatric centre and a psychiatric hospital.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Elegbede Victoria I VI Obadeji Adetunji A Adebowale Timothy O TO Oluwole Lateef O LO

Psychiatry as a specialization: influential factors and gender differences among medical students in a low- to middle-income country.

Journal: Irish journal of psychological medicine

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Agyapong V I O VIO Owusu-Antwi R R Ritchie A A Agyapong-Opoku G G Khinda H H Hrabok M M Ohene S S Ulzen T T Osei A A

Old age and depression in Ghana: assessing and addressing diagnosis and treatment gaps.

Journal: Global health action

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Lloyd-Sherlock Peter P Agrawal Sutapa S Amoakoh-Coleman Mary M Adom Selasie S Adjetey-Sorsey Ebenezer E Rocco Ilaria I Minicuci Nadia N

Association of sleep characteristics with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among adults aged 50 and older with depressive symptoms in low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: Sleep health

Publication Year: 2020

Authors & Co-authors: Owusu J T JT Doty S B SB Adjaye-Gbewonyo D D Bass J K JK Wilcox H C HC Gallo J J JJ Spira A P AP

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

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

Ageing trajectories of health-longitudinal opportunities and synergies (ATHLOS) Healthy Ageing Scale in adults from 16 international cohorts representing 38 countries worldwide.

Journal: Journal of epidemiology and community health

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Critselis Elena E Panaretos Dimitris D Sánchez-Niubò Albert A Giné-Vázquez Iago I Ayuso-Mateos José Luis JL Caballero Francisco Felix FF de la Fuente Javier J Haro Josep Maria JM Panagiotakos Demosthenes D

Marijuana use and repeated attempted suicide among senior high school students in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO Global School-Based Student Health Survey, 2012.

Journal: General psychiatry

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Authors & Co-authors: Tetteh John J Ekem-Ferguson George G Swaray Swithin Mustapha SM Kugbey Nuworza N Quarshie Emmanuel Nii-Boye EN Yawson Alfred Edwin AE

Factors influencing medical students and psychiatry residents in Ghana to consider psychiatry as a career option - a qualitative study.

Journal: Global mental health (Cambridge, England)

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Authors & Co-authors: Agyapong Vincent I O VIO Ritchie Amanda A Doucet Kacy K Agyapong-Opoku Gerald G Shalaby Reham R Hrabok Marianne M Ulzen Thaddeus T Osei Akwasi A

The mediating role of social support in the relationship between stigma and emotional distress among homeless adolescents in Ghana.

Journal: Psychology, health & medicine

Publication Year: 2022

Authors & Co-authors: Oppong Asante Kwaku K Onyeaka Henry H

Psychotropic medicine beliefs, side effects and adherence in schizophrenia: a patient-caregiver dyad perspective.

Journal: International journal of clinical pharmacy

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Kretchy Irene A IA Appiah Bernard B Agyabeng Kofi K Kwarteng Emmanuel M EM Ganyaglo Enyonam E Aboagye Grace Owusu GO

COVID-19 and global mental health.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Abas Melanie Amna MA Weobong Benedict B Burgess Rochelle Ann RA Kienzler Hanna H Jack Helen E HE Kidia Khameer K Musesengwa Rosemary R Petersen Inge I Collins Pamela Y PY Nakimuli-Mpungu Etheldreda E

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

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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

Prevalence and Correlates of Likely Major Depressive Disorder among the Adult Population in Ghana during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Journal: International journal of environmental research and public health

Publication Year: 2021

Authors & Co-authors: Adu Medard Kofi MK Wallace Lauren J LJ Lartey Kwabena F KF Arthur Joshua J Oteng Kenneth Fosu KF Dwomoh Samuel S Owusu-Antwi Ruth R Larsen-Reindorf Rita R Agyapong Vincent I O VIO