Search Results - "van Ommeren Mark"

Public health information in crisis-affected populations: a review of methods and their use for advocacy and action by Checchi, Francesco, Prof, Warsame, Abdihamid, MSc, Treacy-Wong, Victoria, MSc, Polonsky, Jonathan, MSc, van Ommeren, Mark, PhD, Prudhon, Claudine, PhD

“…Summary Valid and timely information about various domains of public health underpins the effectiveness of humanitarian public health interventions in crises…”
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Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research by Tol, Wietse A, Dr, Barbui, Corrado, MD, Galappatti, Ananda, MSc, Silove, Derrick, Prof, Betancourt, Theresa S, ScD, Souza, Renato, MD, Golaz, Anne, MD, van Ommeren, Mark, PhD

“…Summary This review links practice, funding, and evidence for interventions for mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings. We studied…”
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Treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries by Patel, Vikram, Prof, Araya, Ricardo, Prof, Chatterjee, Sudipto, MD, Chisholm, Dan, PhD, Cohen, Alex, PhD, De Silva, Mary, PhD, Hosman, Clemens, Prof, McGuire, Hugh, MSc, Rojas, Graciela, MD, van Ommeren, Mark, PhD

“…Summary We review the evidence on effectiveness of interventions for the treatment and prevention of selected mental disorders in low-income and middle-income…”
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Efficacy of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in minor depression: systematic review and meta-analysis by Barbui, Corrado, Cipriani, Andrea, Patel, Vikram, Ayuso-Mateos, José L., van Ommeren, Mark

“…Depression is a common condition that has been frequently treated with psychotropics. To review systematically the evidence of efficacy and acceptability of…”
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Evidence-based guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries: summary of WHO recommendations by Dua, Tarun, Barbui, Corrado, Clark, Nicolas, Fleischmann, Alexandra, Poznyak, Vladimir, van Ommeren, Mark, Yasamy, M Taghi, Ayuso-Mateos, Jose Luis, Birbeck, Gretchen L, Drummond, Colin, Freeman, Melvyn, Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon, Levav, Itzhak, Obot, Isidore S, Omigbodun, Olayinka, Patel, Vikram, Phillips, Michael, Prince, Martin, Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin, Rahman, Atif, Sander, Josemir W, Saunders, John B, Servili, Chiara, Rangaswamy, Thara, Unützer, Jürgen, Ventevogel, Peter, Vijayakumar, Lakshmi, Thornicroft, Graham, Saxena, Shekhar

“…Abbreviations: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development…”
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Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis by Purgato, Marianna, Gross, Alden L, Betancourt, Theresa, Bolton, Paul, Bonetto, Chiara, Gastaldon, Chiara, Gordon, James, O'Callaghan, Paul, Papola, Davide, Peltonen, Kirsi, Punamaki, Raija-Leena, Richards, Justin, Staples, Julie K, Unterhitzenberger, Johanna, van Ommeren, Mark, de Jong, Joop, Jordans, Mark J D, Tol, Wietse A, Barbui, Corrado

“…Results from studies evaluating the effectiveness of focused psychosocial support interventions in children exposed to traumatic events in humanitarian…”
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Effectiveness of a brief group behavioural intervention on psychological distress in young adolescent Syrian refugees: A randomised controlled trial by Bryant, Richard A, Malik, Aiysha, Aqel, Ibrahim Said, Ghatasheh, Maha, Habashneh, Rand, Dawson, Katie S, Watts, Sarah, Jordans, Mark J. D, Brown, Felicity L, van Ommeren, Mark, Akhtar, Aemal

“…Background Millions of young adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) affected by humanitarian crises experience elevated rates of poor mental…”
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Research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings by Tol, Wietse A, Patel, Vikram, Tomlinson, Mark, Baingana, Florence, Galappatti, Ananda, Panter-Brick, Catherine, Silove, Derrick, Sondorp, Egbert, Wessells, Michael, van Ommeren, Mark

“…Competing interests: Because the authors all work in this research area, it is conceivable that they could benefit from any increased attention and financing…”
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Mental and social health during and after acute emergencies: emerging consensus? by van Ommeren, Mark, Saxena, Shekhar, Saraceno, Benedetto

“…Mental health care programmes during and after acute emergencies in resource-poor countries have been considered controversial. There is no agreement on the…”
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Feasibility trial of a scalable psychological intervention for women affected by urban adversity and gender-based violence in Nairobi by Dawson, Katie S, Schafer, Alison, Anjuri, Dorothy, Ndogoni, Lincoln, Musyoki, Caroline, Sijbrandij, Marit, van Ommeren, Mark, Bryant, Richard A

“…Living in conditions of chronic adversity renders many women more vulnerable to experiencing gender-based violence (GBV). In addition to GBV's physical and…”
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Problem Management Plus (PM+) for common mental disorders in a humanitarian setting in Pakistan; study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (RCT) by Sijbrandij, Marit, Farooq, Saeed, Bryant, Richard A, Dawson, Katie, Hamdani, Syed Usman, Chiumento, Anna, Minhas, Fareed, Saeed, Khalid, Rahman, Atif, van Ommeren, Mark

“…In humanitarian settings common mental disorders (depression, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder) are highly prevalent. The World Health…”
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New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Charlson, Fiona, van Ommeren, Mark, Flaxman, Abraham, Cornett, Joseph, Whiteford, Harvey, Saxena, Shekhar

“…Existing WHO estimates of the prevalence of mental disorders in emergency settings are more than a decade old and do not reflect modern methods to gather…”
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Commentary: Explaining enormous variations in rates of disorder in trauma-focused psychiatric epidemiology after major emergencies by Rodin, Danielle, van Ommeren, Mark

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Common mental disorders in postconflict settings by de Jong, Joop TVM, Komproe, Ivan H, Van Ommeren, Mark

“…Research into postconflict psychiatric sequelae in low-income countries has been focused largely on symptoms rather than on full psychiatric diagnostic…”
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Mental and social health in disasters: Relating qualitative social science research and the Sphere standard by Batniji, Rajaie, Van Ommeren, Mark, Saraceno, Benedetto

“…Increasingly, social scientists interested in mental and social health conduct qualitative research to chronicle the experiences of and humanitarian responses…”
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Lifetime Events and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in 4 Postconflict Settings by de Jong, Joop T. V. M, Komproe, Ivan H, Van Ommeren, Mark, El Masri, Mustafa, Araya, Mesfin, Khaled, Noureddine, van de Put, Willem, Somasundaram, Daya

“…CONTEXT Little is known about the impact of trauma in postconflict, low-income countries where people have survived multiple traumatic experiences. OBJECTIVE…”
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Integrating mental health with other non-communicable diseases by Stein, Dan J, Benjet, Corina, Gureje, Oye, Lund, Crick, Scott, Kate M, Poznyak, Vladimir, van Ommeren, Mark

“…Mental disorders often coexist with other non-communicable diseases and they share many risk factors. Dan Stein and colleagues examine the evidence for an…”
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Association of Torture and Other Potentially Traumatic Events With Mental Health Outcomes Among Populations Exposed to Mass Conflict and Displacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Steel, Zachary, Chey, Tien, Silove, Derrick, Marnane, Claire, Bryant, Richard A, van Ommeren, Mark

“…CONTEXT Uncertainties continue about the roles that methodological factors and key risk factors, particularly torture and other potentially traumatic events…”
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A review of current evidence regarding the ICD-11 proposals for diagnosing PTSD and complex PTSD by Brewin, Chris R., Cloitre, Marylène, Hyland, Philip, Shevlin, Mark, Maercker, Andreas, Bryant, Richard A., Humayun, Asma, Jones, Lynne M., Kagee, Ashraf, Rousseau, Cécile, Somasundaram, Daya, Suzuki, Yuriko, Wessely, Simon, van Ommeren, Mark, Reed, Geoffrey M.

“…The World Health Organization's proposals for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases,…”
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Management of Acute Stress, PTSD, and Bereavement: WHO Recommendations by Tol, Wietse A, Barbui, Corrado, van Ommeren, Mark

“…In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) Intervention Guide for nonspecialized health settings (ie,…”
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