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Dickens Akena

Makerere University

P.O Box 7062

P.O BOX 7062

Kampala, 256

Uganda

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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Major Depressive Disorder in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from the Neuro-Gap-Psychosis Study

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Mar 2025
Allan Kalungi, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Kester B. B. Tindi, Emmanuel K. Mwesiga, Jared G. Maina, Fred Kirumira, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Lukoye Atwoli, Mark Barker, Lori B. Chibnik, Symon M. Kariuki, Charles Newton, Rocky E. Stroud, Solomon Teferra, Zukiswa Zingela, Alicia R. Martin, Moffat Nyrenda, NeuroGAP-Psychosis Study Team, Dan J. Stein, Eugene Kinyanda, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Segun Fatumo and Dickens Akena
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, University of Leicester, Makerere University, King’s College London, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Baylor University - Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Moi University - School of Medicine, Harvard University, Harvard University, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of Oxford, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Addis Ababa University, Nelson Mandela University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University - Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Independent, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, University College London - Division of Psychiatry, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit - The African Computational Genomics (TACG) Research Group and Makerere University
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Major depressive disorder, prevalence, associated factors, Eastern and Southern Africa

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The Sociodemographic Influences of Substance Use and Psychosis in an African Cohort

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Jul 2024
Megan Loraine Campbell, Raymond Odokonyero, Dickens Akena, Melkam Alemayehu, Lukoye Atwoli, Lori B. Chibnik, Bizu Gelaye, Stella Gichuru, Symon M. Kariuki, Karestan Koenen, Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Joseph Kyebuzibwa, Rehema Mwema, Charles Newton, Kristianna Post, Anne Stevenson, Rocky E. Stroud, Solomon Teferra, Zukiswa Zingela, Dan J. Stein and Kimberly Hook
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Makerere University, Makerere University, Addis Ababa University, Moi University - School of Medicine, Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Makerere University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oxford, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Addis Ababa University, Nelson Mandela University, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute and Harvard University - Harvard Medical School
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Substance use, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Africa

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Cross-Cultural Equivalence of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) Across Four African Countries in a Multi-National Study of Adults

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Mar 2023
Amantia Ametaj, Christy A. Denckla, Anne Stevenson, Rocky E. Stroud, Jasmine Hall, Linnet Ongeri, Barkot Milkias, Jacob Hoffman, Molly Naisanga, Dickens Akena, Joseph Kyebuzibwa, Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Lukoye Atwoli, Stella Gichuru, Solomon Teferra, Melkam Alemayehu, Zukiswa Zingela, Dan J. Stein, Adele Pretorius, Charles Newton, Rehema Mwema, Symon M. Kariuki, Karestan Koenen and Bizu Gelaye
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Addis Ababa University, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Psychiatry, Makerere University, Makerere University, Makerere University, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi University - School of Medicine, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa University, Nelson Mandela University, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology
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Depression, anxiety, common mental disorders, Africa, assessment, screening

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Productivity Benefits of Treatment of Depression and PTSD in Kenya

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Oct 2024
Daniel Mwai, Susan Meffert, Easter Olwanda, Muthoni A. Mathai, Linnet Ongeri, Rachel Burger, Anne Mbwayo, Grace Rota, Ammon Allen Otieno, Craig R. Cohen, David Bukusi, Gregory A. Aarons, Thomas C. Neylan, Charles E. McCulloch, Chengshi Jin, Dickens Akena, Simon Njuguna Kahonge and James G Kahn
University of Nairobi, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of Nairobi, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Kenyatta National Hospital, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Makerere University, Government of Kenya - Kenya Ministry of Health and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Institute for Global Health Sciences
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Major Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Economic Productivity, Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Fluoxetine, Non-Specialists

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Testing Scale-Up Strategies for Global Standard Mental Health Treatment: A Randomized SMART Study in East Africa

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Sep 2025
Susan Meffert, Muthoni A. Mathai, Linnet Ongeri, Thomas C. Neylan, Daniel Mwai, Dickens Onyango, Dickens Akena, Grace Rota, Ammon Allen Otieno, Anne Mbwayo, James G Kahn, Craig R. Cohen, David Bukusi, Gregory A. Aarons, Rachel Burger, Chengshi Jin, Charles E. McCulloch and Simon Njuguna
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), University of Nairobi, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Kisumu County Department of Health, Makerere University, University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Kenyatta National Hospital, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) - Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Government of Kenya - Department of Mental Health and Substance Use
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Global mental health, depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, Kenya, public sector, primary care, non-specialists, health services research, psychotherapy, medication, SSRI, fluoxetine, scale up, randomized trial

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Prevalence and Associated Factors of a Family History of Psychosis: Findings from the Ugandan sample of the NeuroGAP-Psychosis Case-Control Study Family History of Psychosis from NeuroGAP-Uganda

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Jan 2026
Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga, Allan Kalungi, Lerato Majara, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Rossette Immy Ndigamanya, Sophia Balinga, Blessed Tabitha Aujo, Andrew S. Ssemata, Kristien Van der Walt, Zahra Morawej, Noeline Nakasujja, Dan J. Stein and Dickens Akena
Makerere University - College of Health Sciences, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit - The African Computational Genomics (TACG) Research Group, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Independent, Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Uganda Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Psychiatry, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Makerere University - College of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute and Makerere University
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Psychosis, family history of psychosis, risk factors, case-control, NeuroGAP, Uganda

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Catatonia Knowledge in Medical Practitioners from Low-Resource Settings Authors

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Jan 2026
Andrea Kaggwa Kaddu, Daisy Saina Chelagat, Zahra Morawej, Wilber Ssembajjwe, Andrew S. Ssemata, Rossette Immy Ndigamanya, Kristien Van der Walt, Allan Kalungi, Noeline Nakasujja, Dickens Akena, Nastassja Koen, Dan J. Stein and Emmanuel Kiiza Mwesiga
Makerere University, MOI UNIVERSITY, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Uganda Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Department of Psychiatry, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Makerere University - College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town (UCT) - Neuroscience Institute and Makerere University - College of Health Sciences
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catatonia, knowledge, medical practitioners, low-resource settings