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Mental health policy in Kenya -an integrated approach to scaling up equitable care for poor populations by Kiima, David, Jenkins, Rachel

“…Although most donor and development agency attention is focussed on communicable diseases in Kenya, the importance of non-communicable diseases including…”
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Mental health law in the community: thinking about Africa by Bartlett, Peter, Jenkins, Rachel, Kiima, David

“…The new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities creates a new paradigm for mental health law, moving from a focus on institutional…”
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Integration of mental health into primary care in Kenya by JENKINS, RACHEL, KIIMA, DAVID, NJENGA, FRANK, OKONJI, MARX, KINGORA, JAMES, KATHUKU, DAMMAS, LOCK, SARAH

“…Integration of mental health into primary care is essential in Kenya, where there are only 75 psychiatrists for 38 million population, of whom 21 are in the…”
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Prevalence of common mental disorders in a rural district of Kenya, and socio-demographic risk factors by Jenkins, Rachel, Njenga, Frank, Okonji, Marx, Kigamwa, Pius, Baraza, Makheti, Ayuyo, James, Singleton, Nicola, McManus, Sally, Kiima, David

“…Association between common mental disorders (CMDs), equity, poverty and socio-economic functioning are relatively well explored in high income countries, but…”
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Tedium vitae, death wishes, suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya-prevalence and risk factors by Jenkins, Rachel, Othieno, Caleb, Omollo, Ray, Ongeri, Linnet, Sifuna, Peter, Ongecha, Michael, Mboroki, James Kingora, Kiima, David, Ogutu, Bernhards

“…There has been no previous household population study of suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya. Therefore this study aimed to establish the prevalence of…”
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Alcohol consumption and hazardous drinking in western Kenya--a household survey in a health and demographic surveillance site by Jenkins, Rachel, Othieno, Caleb, Ongeri, Linnet, Kiima, David, Sifuna, Peter, Kingora, James, Omollo, Raymond, Ogutu, Bernhards

“…Alcohol use and hazardous drinking have been studied in school children and in urban areas of Kenya, but there has been no adult survey of these issues in a…”
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Kenya mental health country profile by Kiima, David Musau, Njenga, Frank G., Okonji, Max M. O., Kigamwa, Pius A.

“…The Kenya country profile is a description of Kenya covering the demographic, economic, cultural, religious, and health aspects including mental health in the…”
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Common mental disorder in Nyanza province, Kenya in 2013 and its associated risk factors--an assessment of change since 2004, using a repeat household survey in a demographic surveillance site by Jenkins, Rachel, Othieno, Caleb, Ongeri, Linnet, Sifuna, Peter, Ongecha, Michael, Kingora, James, Kiima, David, Omollo, Raymond, Ogutu, Bernhards

“…Repeat household surveys are useful to assess change in prevalence over time, but there have been no repeat surveys of common mental disorder (CMD) in Kenya,…”
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Probable Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Kenya and Its Associated Risk Factors: A Cross-Sectional Household Survey by Jenkins, Rachel, Othieno, Caleb, Omollo, Raymond, Ongeri, Linnet, Sifuna, Peter, Mboroki, James Kingora, Kiima, David, Ogutu, Bernhards

“…This study aimed to assess the prevalence of probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and its associated risk factors in a general household population…”
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Adult psychotic symptoms, their associated risk factors and changes in prevalence in men and women over a decade in a poor rural district of Kenya by Jenkins, Rachel, Othieno, Caleb, Ongeri, Linnet, Ogutu, Bernards, Sifuna, Peter, Kingora, James, Kiima, David, Ongecha, Michael, Omollo, Raymond

“…There have been no repeat surveys of psychotic symptoms in Kenya or indeed subSaharan Africa. A mental health epidemiological survey was therefore conducted in…”
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Psychotic symptoms in Kenya--prevalence, risk factors, and relationship with common mental disorders by Jenkins, Rachel, Njenga, Frank, Okonji, Marx, Kigamwa, Pius, Baraza, Makheti, Ayuyo, James, Singleton, Nicola, McManus, Sally, Kiima, David

“…There have been few epidemiological surveys to establish prevalence and associated risk factors of psychosis in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reports a…”
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Mental Health and the Development Agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jenkins, Rachel, Baingana, Florence, Belkin, Gary, Borowitz, Michael, Daly, Anthony, Francis, Paul, Friedman, Jed, Garrison, Preston, Kauye, Felix, Kiima, David, Mayeya, John, Mbatia, Joseph, Tyson, Stewart, Njenga, Frank, Gureje, Oye, Sadiq, Sabah

“…This article synthesizes the views of participants in two roundtables that were convened in Nairobi ( March 2007) and London ( July 2008) to identify key…”
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Attitudes to depression among community health workers in Kenya by Kiima, David, Njenga, Frank, Shah, Ajit, Okonji, Max, Ayuyo, James, Baraza, Makheti, Parker, Elizabeth, Jenkins, Rachel

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Integration of mental health into primary care and community health working in Kenya: context, rationale, coverage and sustainability by Jenkins, Rachel, Kiima, David, Okonji, Marx, Njenga, Frank, Kingora, James, Lock, Sarah

“…Integration of mental health into primary care is essential to meet population needs yet faces many challenges if such projects are to achieve impact and be…”
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Classification in primary care: experience with current diagnostic systems by Jenkins, Rachel, Goldberg, David, Kiima, David, Mayeya, John, Mayeya, Petronella, Mbatia, Joseph, Mussa, Mahmoud, Njenga, Frank, Okonji, Max, Paton, Jo

“…Mental disorders tend to be seen first in primary care settings around the world. To be helpful, classifications of mental disorders for primary care need to…”
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Traditional health practitioners and mental health in Kenya by Okonji, Marx, Njenga, Frank, Kiima, David, Ayuyo, James, Kigamwa, Pius, Shah, Ajit, Jenkins, Rachel

“…The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among rural and urban Kenyan primary care attenders has been reported to be as high as 63% (Ndetei & Muhangi, 1979;…”
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