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Content of grandiose phenomenology across cultures
(1985-07)
The content of grandiose ideas and delusions in patients of various cultural groups admitted to a London psychiatric hospital were compared. There were no overall differences but certain trends were apparent. It was found ...
Sharing mental health research resources in Africa - the place of all inclusive consortia
(2008-02)
It is now generally evident that the prevalence rates of various mental disorders in Africa are similar if not identical to those found in the West. Poverty and the relative deficiency of
human resources are compounding ...
Paranoid disorder--environmental, cultural or constitutional phenomenon?
(1986-07)
At a London hospital the prevalence and types of recorded paranoid disorders, and their characteristics were extracted from the files of in-patients of various cultural groups. It was found that West Indians and Africans ...
Suicidal behaviour among youths associated with psychopathology in both parents and youths attending outpatient psychiatric clinic in Kenya
(2013)
BACKGROUND:
Suicide is a major cause of death among youths particularly with psychiatric, alcohol abuse and substance abuse disorders. There are relatively few studies on the relationship between psychiatric and substance ...
The prevalence of personality disorders in a Kenyan inpatient sample
(2008-04)
DSM-IV Axis I and II comorbidities and the pattern of Axis II diagnoses in patients admitted at Mathari (Psychiatric) Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya are unknown. To determine DSM-IV Axis I and II comorbidities and patterns of ...
Alcoholism V - A study of some drinking patterns in Kenyan medical in-patients
(University of Nairobi, 1983)
Psychiatric illness in a rural area in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
Alcoholism III- The prevalence of alcoholism among inpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 1983)