Search
Now showing items 11-20 of 87
The prevalence of depressive symptoms among adolescents in Nairobi public secondary schools: association with perceived maladaptive parental behaviour
(2012)
OBJECTIVE:
Depression in adolescents is a matter of concern because of its high prevalence, potential recurrence and impairment of functioning in the affected individual. The study sought to determine the prevalence of ...
Perceived economic and behavioural effects of the mentally ill on their relatives in Kenya: a case study of the Mathari Hospital
(2009-11)
OBJECTIVE:
There is no documented evidence in Kenya on relatives' perceptions of economic and behavioural effects of the mentally ill patients and their coping mechanisms. To document what relatives of mentally ill patients ...
Clinical epidemiology in patients admitted at Mathari Psychiatric Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
(2008-09)
Background: Knowledge of types and co-morbidities of disorders seen in any facility is useful for clinical practice and planning for services.
Aim: To study the pattern of co-morbidities of and correlations between ...
Cross-cultural study of religious phenomenology in psychiatric in-patients
(1985-07)
Case notes of patients from nine different cultural groups admitted to a London hospital were scrutinized for religious background and religious phenomenology. With the exception of preaching behaviour there were no ...
Traumatic grief in Kenyan bereaved parents following the Kyanguli School fire tragedy
(2004-02)
Following the death of 67 boys in a fire tragedy at Kyanguli School in rural Kenya, the level of traumatic grief was assessed in a sample
of 164 parents and guardians whose sons died in the fire. The study was cross-sectional. ...
Major depressive disorder in a Kenyan youth sample: relationship with parenting behavior and parental psychiatric disorders
(2013)
BACKGROUND:
Studies on mental health problems during childhood and youth development phases have reported that families of children diagnosed with a depressive disorder tend to be dysfunctional. These dysfunctions have ...
The Association between Alcohol Dependence and Depression before and after Treatment for Alcohol Dependence
(2012-01)
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 ...
Multiple Traumas, Postelection Violence, and Posttraumatic Stress Among Impoverished Kenyan Youth
(2012)
Research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among youth has focused on specific subgroups from developed countries. Most of the world’s youth and war-like violence, however, is concentrated in developing countries, ...
A comparative cross-cultural study of the frequencies of hallucination in schizophrenia.
(1984-12)
The frequencies of auditory, visual and olfactory hallucinations as defined by Wing et al. were studied in schizophrenic patients of various groups treated in the same hospital. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was made by ...
Psychological effects of the Nairobi US embassy bomb blast on pregnant women and their children
(2005-02)
A descriptive study was carried out in pregnant women who were affected by the 1998 bomb blast in Nairobi, Kenya, and their babies who
were in utero at the time of the blast. The psychological effects of the event on the ...