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Symon M. Kariuki

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

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Prevalence, Risk Factors and Comorbidities of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Kenyan Children: A Population-Based Study

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Aug 2024
Symon M. Kariuki, Patricia Kipkemoi, Martha Kombe, Mary A. Bitta, Jacqueline Phillips Owen, Amina Abubakar and Charles Newton
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), King’s College London, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and University of Oxford
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Neurodevelopmental disorders, Developmental conditions, Neurological impairments, Children, Kenya

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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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Reducing the Diagnostic and Treatment Gap for Priority Mental, Neurological and Substance Misuse Disorders in Primary Care in Rural Kenya: Results of a Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial from the Epina Study

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Feb 2024
Mary Bitta, Symon M. Kariuki, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Mercy Atieno, Nuru Kibirige, Elias Fondo, Gergana Manolova, Neerja Chowdhary, Tarun Dua, Belinda Lennox, Charles Newton and EPInA Study Group
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO), World Health Organization (WHO) - Brain Health Unit, World Health Organization (WHO), University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and Independent
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mhGAP-IG, treatment gap, neurological disorders, mental disorders, low and middle-income countries

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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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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