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Publications (41,443)

A qualitative study of women in polygynous marriages.

Journal: International nursing review

Publication Year: 2010

Authors & Co-authors:  Tabi M M MM Doster C C Cheney T T

Mapping mental health finances in Ghana, Uganda, Sri Lanka, India and Lao PDR.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Raja Shoba S Wood Sarah K SK de Menil Victoria V Mannarath Saju C SC

The contribution of Ghanaian pharmacists to mental healthcare: current practice and barriers.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Owusu-Daaku Frances T FT Marfo Afia Fa AF Boateng Edmund A EA

Mental health profile of Ghana.

Journal: International psychiatry : bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Asare J B JB

The stigma of mental illness in Southern Ghana: attitudes of the urban population and patients' views.

Journal: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Barke Antonia A Nyarko Seth S Klecha Dorothee D

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

Food insecurity and perceived stress but not HIV infection are independently associated with lower energy intakes among lactating Ghanaian women.

Journal: Maternal & child nutrition

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Addo Adolphina A AA Marquis Grace S GS Lartey Anna A AA Pérez-Escamilla Rafael R Mazur Robert E RE Harding Kimberly B KB

'Whether you like it or not people with mental problems are going to go to them': a qualitative exploration into the widespread use of traditional and faith healers in the provision of mental health care in Ghana.

Journal: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Ae-Ngibise Kenneth K Cooper Sara S Adiibokah Edward E Akpalu Bright B Lund Crick C Doku Victor V Mhapp Research Programme Consortium

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

Implementing the World Health Report 2001 recommendations for integrating mental health into primary health care: a situation analysis of three African countries: Ghana, South Africa and Uganda.

Journal: International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Bhana Arvin A Petersen Inge I Baillie Kim L KL Flisher Alan J AJ

The new Ghana mental health bill.

Journal: International psychiatry : bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Osei Akwasi O AO Roberts Mark M Crabb Jim J

The association between bullying and psychological health among senior high school students in Ghana, West Africa.

Journal: The Journal of school health

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Owusu Andrew A Hart Peter P Oliver Brittney B Kang Minsoo M

Housing and health in three contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana.

Journal: Social science & medicine (1982)

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Arku Godwin G Luginaah Isaac I Mkandawire Paul P Baiden Philip P Asiedu Alex B AB

The health of the "older women" in Accra, Ghana: results of the Women's Health Study of Accra.

Journal: Journal of cross-cultural gerontology

Publication Year: 2011

Authors & Co-authors:  Duda Rosemary B RB Anarfi John K JK Adanu Richard M K RM Seffah Joseph J Darko Rudolph R Hill Allan G AG

Attitudes of psychologists and nurses toward suicide and suicide prevention in Ghana: a qualitative study.

Journal: International journal of nursing studies

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Osafo J J Knizek B L BL Akotia C S CS Hjelmeland H H

Association between Plasmodium falciparum malaria and the mental health of children between five years and nineteen years in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.

Journal: JBI library of systematic reviews

Publication Year: 

Authors & Co-authors:  Akpalu Bright B Ae-Ngibise Kenneth K Agbokey Francis F Adjei George G Enuameh Yeetey Y

Out of Africa.

Journal: Mental health today (Brighton, England)

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Westbury Tom T

'Zero is not good for me': implications of infertility in Ghana.

Journal: Human reproduction (Oxford, England)

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Fledderjohann J J JJ

Sitting with others: mental health self-help groups in northern Ghana.

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2012

Authors & Co-authors:  Cohen Alex A Raja Shoba S Underhill Chris C Yaro Badimak Peter BP Dokurugu Adam Yahaya AY De Silva Mary M Patel Vikram V

"I want the one that will heal me completely so it won't come back again": the limits of antipsychotic medication in rural Ghana.

Journal: Transcultural psychiatry

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Read Ursula U

Symptoms of common mental disorders and their correlates among women in Accra, Ghana: a population-based survey.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  de Menil V V Osei A A Douptcheva N N Hill A G AG Yaro P P De-Graft Aikins A A

Social support and the psychological wellbeing of people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana.

Journal: African journal of psychiatry

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Oppong Asante K K

Hard times and common mental health disorders in developing countries: insights from urban Ghana.

Journal: The journal of behavioral health services & research

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Dzator Janet J

The health of adult women in Accra, Ghana: self-reporting and objective assessments 2008-2009.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Darko R R Adanu R M RM Duda R B RB Douptcheva N N Hill A G AG

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

Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in peri-urban Ghana.

Journal: BMC public health

Publication Year: 2013

Authors & Co-authors:  Garcia Jonathan J Hromi-Fiedler Amber A Mazur Robert E RE Marquis Grace G Sellen Daniel D Lartey Anna A Pérez-Escamilla Rafael R

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

Implementing the Mental Health Act in Ghana: any challenges ahead?

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Doku V C K VC Wusu-Takyi A A Awakame J J

Mental health research in Ghana: a literature review.

Journal: Ghana medical journal

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Read U M UM Doku V C K VC

The law criminalizing attempted suicide in Ghana: the views of clinical psychologists, emergency ward nurses, and police officers.

Journal: Crisis

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Hjelmeland Heidi H Osafo Joseph J Akotia Charity S CS Knizek Birthe L BL

Ghana's mental health patients confined to prayer camps.

Journal: Lancet (London, England)

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Edwards Jocelyn J

Household costs of mental health care in Ghana.

Journal: The journal of mental health policy and economics

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Addo Rebecca R Nonvignon Justice J Aikins Moses M

Virginity, sex, money and desire: premarital sexual behaviour of youths in Bolgatanga Municipality, Ghana.

Journal: African journal of reproductive health

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  van der Geugten Jolien J van Meijel Berno B den Uyl Marion H G MH de Vries Nanne K NK

International utilization of the SRS-22 instrument to assess outcomes in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: what can we learn from a medical outreach group in Ghana?

Journal: Journal of pediatric orthopedics

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Verma Kushagra K Lonner Baron B Toombs Courtney S CS Ferrise Paige P Wright Bettye B King Akilah B AB Boachie-Adjei Oheneba O

An overview of Ghana's mental health system: results from an assessment using the World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS).

Journal: International journal of mental health systems

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Roberts Mark M Mogan Caroline C Asare Joseph B JB

Stigma towards mental illness among medical students in Australia and Ghana.

Journal: Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry

Publication Year: 2016

Authors & Co-authors:  Lyons Zaza Z Laugharne Jonathan J Laugharne Richard R Appiah-Poku John J

Closing the mental health treatment gap in South Africa: a review of costs and cost-effectiveness.

Journal: Global health action

Publication Year: 2015

Authors & Co-authors:  Jack Helen H Wagner Ryan G RG Petersen Inge I Thom Rita R Newton Charles R CR Stein Alan A Kahn Kathleen K Tollman Stephen S Hofman Karen J KJ

Prevalence and determinants of antenatal depression among pregnant women in a predominantly rural population in Ghana: the DON population-based study.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Weobong Benedict B Soremekun Seyi S Ten Asbroek Augustinus Ha AH Amenga-Etego Seeba S Danso Samuel S Owusu-Agyei Seth S Prince Martin M Kirkwood Betty R BR

Effectiveness of community facilitator training in improving knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in relation to depression and suicidal behavior: results of the OSPI-Europe intervention in four European countries.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders

Publication Year: 2014

Authors & Co-authors:  Coppens Evelien E Van Audenhove Chantal C Iddi Samuel S Arensman Ella E Gottlebe Katrin K Koburger Nicole N Coffey Claire C Gusmão Ricardo R Quintão Sónia S Costa Susana S