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The prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms and syndromes in Kenyan children and adolescents
(Routledge, 2008)
Background: Community studies on children and adolescents in Western settings suggest prevalence rates of anxiety and depressive symptoms that require intervention.
Aim: To establish equivalent prevalence rates in a ...
Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Patients in General Medical Facilities in Kenya
(Routled Taylor&FrancisGroup, 2009-06)
ABSTRACT. Alcoholism and other substance abuse continue to be a problem among younger and older populations. The prevalence of substance abuse has only been studied among outpatients and in limited samples of inpatients ...
The challenges of human resources in mental health in Kenya
(2007-02)
Objective: Africa faces a skills shortage, in spite of training suitably qualified professionals. This is particularly evident in the discipline of
psychiatry. An analysis of the distribution .and availability of ...
Substance abuse and psychiatric co-morbidities:
(2008)
Substance abuse co-morbidity with psychiatric disorders is common and has been widely reported, except in Kenya. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, pattern and socio-economic burden of a dual diagnosis of substance ...
Body dysmorphic disorder: Case report.
(Pubmed, 2007-09)
The desire for self-mutilation in the absence of any discernible psychopathology is relatively rare.
Self-mutilation is most commonly a manifestation of an underlying psychopathology such as depression,
schizophrenia, ...
The Relationship between Substance Abuse, Nicotine Use and Positive and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenic Patients at Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse, 2007)
Substance abuse in 224 Kenyan schizophrenic patients was assessed using the
Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms, the Scale for the Assessment of
Positive Symptoms, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test ...
The association between alcohol dependence and depression before and after treatment for alcohol dependence
(2012)
The presence of depression in alcohol-dependent persons is likely to influence treatment process and outcomes. Identification of depression is important though not every depressed alcohol-dependent person requires treatment ...
Prevalence, types and comorbidity of mental disorders in a Kenyan primary health centre.
(2013)
PURPOSE:
To estimate the prevalence, types and comorbidity of the most common mental disorders and the spread of suicide risk in a primary care practice in Kenya.
METHODS:
This was a cross-sectional descriptive ...
Factors that influence the choice of psychiatry as a career by medical students at the School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi.
(2013)
The aim of this paper is to assess the particular factors facilitating and those hampering the choice of psychiatry as a career by medical students at the University of Nairobi in a cross-sectional population study of ...
Incentives for health worker retention in Kenya: An assessment of current practice
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The importance of health workers to the effective functioning of healthcare systems is widely recognized (Ndetei et al, 2007). Shortages of health workers constitute a significant barrier to achieving health-related ...