Ritsuko Kakuma
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Living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa: SUCCEED Africa's four-country situation analysis
Omobowale O, Greenley R, Ryan G, Ogunmola O, Dzapasi L, Jimmy A, et al.
Glob Ment Health (Camb)
. 2025 Jan;
11():e133.
PMID: 39811625
As part of the formative work of the SUCCEED Africa consortium, we followed a participatory process to identify existing gaps and resources needed for the development and implementation of a...
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Jain R, Kakuma R, Singla D, Andresen K, Bahkali K, Nadkarni A
Transcult Psychiatry
. 2025 Jan;
13634615241296302.
PMID: 39784482
Mental health service use by individuals of South Asian origin living outside of South Asia is influenced by cultural factors such as endorsing psycho-social-spiritual over biological explanations, somatisation, and stigma....
3.
Doukani A, Quartagno M, Sera F, Free C, Kakuma R, Riper H, et al.
J Med Internet Res
. 2024 May;
26:e47515.
PMID: 38819882
Background: Increasing interest has centered on the psychotherapeutic working alliance as a means of understanding clinical change in digital mental health interventions in recent years. However, little is understood about...
4.
Scherer N, Hussein R, Eaton J, Kabaja N, Kakuma R, Smythe T, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health
. 2023 Oct;
3(10):e0002427.
PMID: 37844020
Deaf and hard of hearing children in the Gaza Strip may be at risk of mental health conditions and psychological distress, as a result of social exclusion and limited accessible...
5.
Saeedzai S, Blanchet K, Alwan A, Safi N, Salehi A, Singh N, et al.
BMJ Glob Health
. 2023 Sep;
8(9).
PMID: 37775105
In 2017, in the middle of the armed conflict with the Taliban, the Ministry of Public Health decided that the Afghan health system needed a well-defined priority package of health...
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Scherer N, Smythe T, Hussein R, Wapling L, Hameed S, Eaton J, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health
. 2023 Jun;
3(6):e0001635.
PMID: 37279194
Deaf and hard of hearing children are at risk of exclusion from community life and education, which may increase their risk of mental health conditions. This study explores the experience...
7.
Doukani A, Free C, Araya R, Michelson D, Cerga-Pashoja A, Kakuma R
BJPsych Open
. 2022 Jul;
8(4):e142.
PMID: 35876079
Background: Digital technologies have been widely acknowledged as a potentially useful resource for increasing mental healthcare access. The working alliance is a key influence on outcomes in conventional psychotherapy, but...
8.
Searle K, Blashki G, Kakuma R, Yang H, Minas H
Int J Environ Res Public Health
. 2022 Mar;
19(5).
PMID: 35270263
In Shenzhen, despite recent primary and mental healthcare reform, Primary healthcare doctors (PHC) have limited access to diagnostic tools and a significant mental health treatment gap presides. The World Health...
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Searle K, Blashki G, Kakuma R, Yang H, Lu S, Li B, et al.
Int J Ment Health Syst
. 2022 Feb;
16(1):13.
PMID: 35168656
Background: Primary care doctors in Shenzhen, China are increasingly expected to identify and prevent depressive disorder; however, they have received limited mental health training and community healthcare centres (CHC) do...
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Zamora-Moncayo E, Burgess R, Fonseca L, Gonzalez-Gort M, Kakuma R
BMJ Glob Health
. 2021 Oct;
6(10).
PMID: 34620613
For over 60 years, Colombia has endured violent civil conflict forcibly displacing more than 8 million people. Recent efforts have begun to explore mental health consequences of these contexts, with...