Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (16)

Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): a 12 month mixed methods pilot study (2018)
Journal Article
Asher, L., Hanlon, C., Birhane, R., Habtamu, A., Eaton, J., Weiss, H. A., Patel, V., Fekadu, A., & De Silva, M. (2018). Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): a 12 month mixed methods pilot study. BMC Psychiatry, 18(1), Article 250. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1818-4

BACKGROUND: Community-based rehabilitation (CBR), or community-based inclusive development, is an approach to address the complex health, social and economic needs of people with schizophrenia in low and middle-income countries. Formative work was un... Read More about Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): a 12 month mixed methods pilot study.

The role of communities in mental Health care in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-review of components and competencies (2018)
Journal Article
Kohrt, B. A., Asher, L., Bhardwaj, A., Fazel, M., Jordans, M. J., Mutamba, B. B., Nadkarni, A., Pedersen, G. A., Singla, D. R., & Patel, V. (2018). The role of communities in mental Health care in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-review of components and competencies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), Article 1279. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061279

Community-based mental health services are emphasized in the World Health Organization’s Mental Health Action Plan, the World Bank’s Disease Control Priorities, and the Action Plan of the World Psychiatric Association. There is increasing evidence fo... Read More about The role of communities in mental Health care in low- and middle-income countries: a meta-review of components and competencies.

Global mental health and schizophrenia (2018)
Journal Article
Asher, L., Fekadu, A., & Hanlon, C. (2018). Global mental health and schizophrenia. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 31(3), https://doi.org/10.1097/yco.0000000000000404

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim was to synthesize recent evidence on schizophrenia illness experience and outcomes and models of care in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).

RECENT FINDINGS: There is a plurality of explanatory models for psychosis... Read More about Global mental health and schizophrenia.

“I cry every day and night, I have my son tied in chains”: physical restraint of people with schizophrenia in community settings in Ethiopia (2017)
Journal Article
Asher, L., Fekadu, A., Teferra, S., De Silva, M., Pathare, S., & Hanlon, C. (2017). “I cry every day and night, I have my son tied in chains”: physical restraint of people with schizophrenia in community settings in Ethiopia. Globalization and Health, 13(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-017-0273-1

Background

A primary rationale for scaling up mental health services in low and middle-income countries is to address human rights violations, including physical restraint in community settings. The voices of those with intimate experiences of res... Read More about “I cry every day and night, I have my son tied in chains”: physical restraint of people with schizophrenia in community settings in Ethiopia.

Perinatal maternal life events and psychotic experiences in children at twelve years in a birth cohort study (2013)
Journal Article
Dorrington, S., Zammit, S., Asher, L., Evans, J., Heron, J., & Lewis, G. (2014). Perinatal maternal life events and psychotic experiences in children at twelve years in a birth cohort study. Schizophrenia Research, 152(1), 158-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2013.11.006

Background: International studies indicate that the median prevalence of psychotic experiences in children is 7%. It has been proposed that environmental stress during pregnancy may affect the neurodevelopment of the foetus and lead to a vulnerabilit... Read More about Perinatal maternal life events and psychotic experiences in children at twelve years in a birth cohort study.