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Psychiatric morbidity among adolescents attending a primary health care centre in a high population density urban community in Nairobi
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, 2006)Introduction: Psychiatric disorders are on the increase and they are expected to increase further as time passes by. It is estimated that a quarter of patients visiting a health facility suffer from mental illness. ... -
Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adult Burns Patients Admitted At The Kenyatta National Hospital- Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2013-07)INTRODUCTION: The number of people who have suffered burn injury is increasing worldwide. The situation is worse in developing countries and locally it is widespread and sporadic in urban areas. Studies conducted worldwide ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among adult cancer patients admitted at ocean road cancer institute, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
(2011)The number of people diagnosed with cancer is increasing each year with 10.9 million people worldwide being diagnosed with cancer annually. Among these 54% are in developing countries. Tanzania being one of the developing ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among adult HIV/AIDS patients attending a comprehensive care centre at a city Council clinic in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Psychiatric morbidity has been associated with HIV disease since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic. Despite the fact that low income countries in Africa contribute up to 68% of the HIV infections worldwide, minimal ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among adult sexually abused females attending Nairobi Women's Hospital, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2004)A cross-sectional study of 116 sexually abused females aged 18 years and above attending Nairobi Women's Hospital (NWH) was carried out to determine Psychiatric Morbidity (PM). The following instruments were used: a ... -
Psychiatric Morbidity Among Children In Undugu Society Of Kenya Homes
(University Of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1996)The study was carried out among children in difficult circumstanceswho were going through a rehabilitation programme in various institutional homes by the Undugu Society - a Non governmental Organization in Kenya ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among convicted male sex offenders at Kamiti maximum security prison
(2006-06)BACKGROUND: Sexual offending is associated with enormous emotional pain and suffering to the victims and their families, as well as huge economic loses to the victims, their families and the state. Prevalence of, and ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among HIV infected children and adolescents aged between 6-18 years attending a comprehensive care clinic for HIV/AID in a resource poor Urban Kenyan Community
(2010)Background With the advent of Anti Retroviral Therapy for HIV/ AIDS, the illness has been transformed from an acute condition in children to a chronic one. While studies have been done to demonstrate cognitive impairment ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among medical in-patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1988)The number of beds in psychiatric hospitals in developed countries has dropped from the peak in the 1950's. This is perhaps in part due to increase in the use of psychotropic drugs and other measures such as the breaking ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among patients attending a primary health care centre in a deprived community in Nairobi
(School of Medicine, 1987)Studies done in recent years have shown that previous estimates of the prevalence of psychological disorders have had to be revised upwards, the majority of this evidence emanating from the West (Reeler, 1987). Research ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among public primary school teachers at Mogotio division, in Koibatek district
(Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2008-07)Introduction: - Every occupation has its own stressors which cause stress leading to psychiatric morbidity. Teachers have been known to be under a lot of stress related to work characteristics, socio-demographic ... -
Psychiatric morbidity among seronegative partners in HIV discordant couples: study among couples attending couples counselling centre at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Psychiatry, 2009-07)Title: Psychiatric morbidity among seronegative partners in HIV discordant Couples: study among couples attending couples counseling centre at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi Kenya. Background: Surveys across the world ... -
Psychiatric morbidity and related factors in the rehabilitation process of paraplegics at the National Spinal Injury Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005)Many studies in the Western world have reported a high association between paraplegia and psychiatric morbidity. Some complications of paraplegia and characteristics of patients have been associated with psychiatric ... -
Psychiatric morbidity in a gynaecology out-patient clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1992)The ma in objective of this study is to survey and show the aetiology and presentation of psychiatric morbidity among female patients attending a gynaecology out-patient clinic at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). There ... -
Psychiatric morbidity in children and young persons admitted into an approved school in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 1987)As in other parts of the World, the problem of juvenile delinquency seems to be on the increase and is currently causing a lot of concern not only to the authorities but also to teachers, parents and health workers. Since ... -
Psychiatric morbidity in children and young persons appearing in the Nairobi juvenile court
(University of Nairobi,School of Medicine, 1998)This study was carried out among children and young persons 1Il difficult SOClOeconomic circumstances who had been brought to the Nairobi Juvenile Court. A total of 90 children and young persons between the age of 8 and ... -
Psycho-Dietary Adaptation Among End Stage Renal Disease Clients On Hemodialysis At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)Background: Hemodialysis care requires events of adjustment in dietary options that must be adhered to. The diagnosis of end stage renal disease (ESRD) or renal failure disease and initiation of hemodialysis care influences ... -
Psycho-social and cultural factors associated with non-adherence to treatments and follow up among outpatients at Mathari Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2013)Introduction; Non adherence is a major obstacle in delivery of healthcare services, because even the best medicine is not effective unless taken appropriately. According to WHO only about 50% of patients are compliant ... -
Psycho-social Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquency Among Girls at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Centres
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This study investigated the psycho-social factors influencing juvenile delinquency among adolescent girls at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Centres. The study adopted a descriptive survey sample design that targeted ... -
The Psychological Aspects of African Healing
(University of Nairobi, 2009)Since the advent of Christianity and colonialism in Africa, African psychological healing has been discredited. Those Africans who dare consult experts of African psychological healing are branded ''satanic'' hence they ...
