2016). Perceived influence of COVID-19 on students' education may raise this figure and exacerbate students' psychological and mental health disorders (Zhai and Du 2020), which is of particular concern in low-income countries like Ethiopia due to limited access to basic educational resources, ...
EthiopiaWellnessCounselingCultural competenceMental healthThis qualitative study explored the congruence of the counseling profession with mental health professionals in Ethiopia. After 6 days of training on counseling professional orientation and basic techniques, 26 mental health practitioners or educators from...
The COVID-19 pandemic had substantial negative impacts on the lives of people with mental health conditions in Ethiopia. Future emergency response should prioritise the human rights, health, social and economic needs of people with mental health conditions. Integration of mental and physical health ca...
In subject area: Psychology Global mental health is an emergent field that advocates for culturally appropriate forms of mental health care that can be scaled up to reduce the population impact of mental disorders across all nations and peoples, particularly lower income countries and socially marginal...
Nicole M, Shyngle K (2013) Perceptions of mental illness in Ethiopia: a profile of attitudes, beliefs and practices among community members, healthcare workers and traditional healers. Int J Culture Ment Health 7(3):259-272Monteiro NM, Balogun SK. Perceptions of mental illness in Ethiopia: a...
We also have a new Wellcome Trust-funded study that will test, for the first time, the acceptability and feasibility of AVATAR therapy culturally adapted for delivery across two diverse low- and middle-income countries, namely India and Ethiopia. In the parallel UK-based work, we will develop...
Providing Cost Effective Mental Health Assistance for Impoverished War Traumatized Adolescents in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaChildren & Youth in CrisisHumanitarian AssistanceThis study of humanitarian assistance among displaced adolescents living in Kaliti, an impoverished camp for displaced war victims in Addis ...
Ethiopia,Jordan,Nigeria,Panama(10minuteseachcountry) Belize,Brazil,India,Uganda(5minuteseachcountry) Discussion-30minutes 12.30-13.00Lunchbreak(sandwicheswillbeavailable) 13.00-14.00Lunchtimeseminar:Breakingthesilenceonmentalhealth: MrKjellMagneBondevik,FounderandPresident,theOsloCenterfor ...
In Ethiopia, particularly in the major cities, homelessness is a manifest problem. In Addis Ababa, for example, the city administration estimates the number of homeless individuals to be around 50,000. Although multifaceted mental health service scale-up programmes are being initiated with government...
The current cross-sectional study recruited 365 MSM in Dalian, China. More than half of the respondents (117 respondents, 51.8% of the sample) had engaged in UAI. The multivariable logistic regression model suggested that poorer mental health (AOR: 7.16; 95% CI: 3.14–16.31), self-stigma (...