A5003486914- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Family Support in Illness
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Early Childhood Education and Development
University of the Witwatersrand
2019-2024
South African Medical Research Council
2019-2024
University of California, Berkeley
2022-2024
Africa Center
2022
Center for Global Health
2021-2022
Massachusetts General Hospital
2021
Northwestern University
2018-2021
Harvard University
2021
Harvard Global Health Institute
2020-2021
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
2021
Abstract Background South Africa's national lockdown introduced serious threats to public mental health in a society where one three individuals develops psychiatric disorder during their life. We aimed evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic using mixed-methods design. Methods This longitudinal study drew from preexisting sample 957 adults living Soweto, major township near Johannesburg. Psychological assessments were administered across two waves between August 2019 and March 2020 first...
ABSTRACT South Africa’s national lockdown introduced serious threats to public mental health in a society where one three individuals develop psychiatric disorder during their life. We aimed evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic using mixed methods design. This longitudinal study drew from preexisting sample 957 adults living Soweto, major township near Johannesburg. Psychological assessments were administered across two waves: between August 2019-March 2020 and first six weeks (late...
Despite the large body of research on idioms distress in anthropology and transcultural psychiatry, few scholars have examined concepts that people use to describe social psychological resilience. The experience resilience is embedded shaped by social, political, economic contexts—much like factors shape distress. As literature more broadly has adopted a socio-ecological rather than trait-based approach, much contribute. This article investigates what cultural scripts emerge among low-income...
Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences and adult trauma, including sexual abuse, physical neglect, interpersonal violence, are highly prevalent in low-resource settings associated with adverse psychological outcomes. However, there is limited focus on the impact of ACEs trauma mental health sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, this study examines traumatic events depression, anxiety, stress scores among outpatients receiving psychiatric care at two public treatment facilities...
Abstract Objectives South Africa instituted one of the world's strictest lockdowns during COVID‐19 pandemic, which generated heightened conditions psychosocial stress and posed widespread mental health risks. Despite elevated burdens suicidal behaviors risk psychiatric disease in country, few studies have examined impacts from pandemic on ideation Africa. This study association between experienced under adult ideation, as well degree to sleep quality duration mediated this relationship....
Background South Africa's rates of psychiatric morbidity are among the highest in sub‐Saharan Africa and foregrounded by country's long history political violence during apartheid. Growing evidence suggests that utero stress exposure is a potent developmental risk factor for future mental illness risk, yet extent to which effects prenatal impact next generation unknown. We evaluate intergenerational experienced apartheid on children at ages 17–18 also assess moderating maternal age, social...
Abstract Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused prolonged stress on numerous fronts. While the acute health impacts of psychosocial due to are well‐documented, less is known about resources and mechanisms utilized cope in response stresses during lockdown. Objective aim this study was identify describe coping adults stressors 2020 South African Methods This included ( n = 47: 32 female; 14 male; 1 non‐binary) from greater Johannesburg region Africa. Interviews with both closed...
Background: Breast cancer is the most common globally and among South African women. Women from socioeconomically disadvantaged communities more often present later receive total mastectomy compared to those affluent who have breast conserving surgery (which less invasive but requires mandatory radiation treatment post-operatively). Standard chemotherapy treatments are known cause traumatizing side effects emotional suffering women; moreover, many women face limited communication with...
Alterations in adult hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity have increasingly been linked with early life stress and depression, but a limited number of studies used longitudinal data to explore HPA dysregulation as an underlying mechanism driving the long-term depressive impacts stressors. Here we address potential life, family-based on symptoms among young adults birth cohort study begun 1983 Philippines.
Abstract Objectives The COVID‐19 pandemic in South Africa introduced new societal adversities and mental health threats a country where one three individuals are expected to develop psychiatric condition sometime their life. Scientists have suggested that psychosocial stress trauma during childhood may increase one's vulnerability the consequences of future stressors—a process known as sensitization. This prospective analysis assessed whether adversity experienced among African children...
Within the context of novel coronavirus pandemic and new challenges to a resource-constrained public healthcare system, many workers in South Africa have faced numerous stressors that compromised their mental health. While current literature on COVID-19 highlights widespread psychosocial stress experienced by during pandemic, little is known about coping strategies utilized continue service delivery maintain one’s health well-being this ongoing emergency. In study, we sought explore used...
The 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the health sector nationwide and internationally. Across all disciplines, unique novel modes of presentation with substantial morbidity mortality are being encountered, growing evidence suggests that psychiatric comorbidity is likely among COVID-19 patients.
<ns4:p>In this Open Letter we bring together researchers from the Biosocial Birth Cohort Research (BBCR) network to reflect on interdisciplinary research and methods within birth cohorts draw attention social science approaches field, which argue are underutilized. A more comprehensive consistent integration of would expand scope value with cohorts. We critically engage three specific areas cohort that provide significant opportunities for exchange across disciplines; how exposure is defined...
Abstract Growing evidence has highlighted the global mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, particularly in societies with pre-existing socioeconomic adversities public concerns. Despite sudden prolonged nature many psychosocial stressors during pandemic, recent studies have shown that communities utilized several coping mechanisms to buffer consequences COVID-related stress. This paper examines extent which resources social support buffered against effects stress among...
How people perceive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and understand their risk can influence health, behaviours overall livelihood. The disease's novelty severity have elicited a range of attitudes perspectives countrywide, which consequently public's adherence to public health prevention treatment guidelines.