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Early intervention in Psychosis: Concepts, Evidence and Perspectives Citation:
(University of Nairobi, 2008-10)
Mental Healthcare Programmes In Kenya: Challenges And Opportunities
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
A cross-cultural comparative study of patterns of depression in a hospital-based population.
(1984-07)
In a study of Catego depressive syndromes, using the Syndrome Check List and the Catego programme, no significant differences in depression symptomatology frequencies were found in nine different cultural groups of patients ...
The prevalence and clinical presentation of psychiatric illness in a rural setting in Kenya.
(1979-09)
One hundred and forty patients seen in a suburban walk-in walk-out clinic over a period of 30 days were studied. Twenty-eight (20 per cent) of them were found to be primarily psychiatrically disabled, 83 (59.3 per cent) ...
Schneider's first rank symptoms of schizophrenia in Kenyan patients.
(1983-03)
Eighty 'psychotic' patients admitted to Mathare Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi, were screened using the New Haven Schizophrenic Index (NHSI). Fifty-one (64%) of these were positive and the rest negative. Of those positive ...
Life events occurring before and after onset of depression in a Kenyan setting--any significance?
(1984-04)
In a controlled study of life events in depressed patients in Kenya it was found that the rate of life events was higher in the depressed group in the 27 weeks preceding the onset of depression but with a sharp increase ...
Outcome of a working diagnosis of "psychosis" in relation to DSM-IV diagnostic criteria in a Kenyan in-patient cohort at Mathari hospital, Nairobi
(2007)
Background:When a patient presents with mental illness and displays psychotic symptoms which are not clearly delineated, a clinical diagnosis of psychosis is usually entertained.
Aim: To determine the underlying Diagnostic ...