A5002341488- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Community Health and Development
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
University of Washington
2018-2025
Johns Hopkins University
2018-2024
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
2022-2024
Dalhousie University
2024
University of Cape Town
2024
University of Nairobi
2023-2024
National Center for Environmental Health
2013-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2013-2023
Seattle University
2019-2023
Conservation International
2022
This is one article in a five-part series providing global perspective on integrating mental health.The Policy Forum allows health policy makers around the world to discuss challenges and opportunities for improving care their societies.
Urban life shapes the mental health of city dwellers, and although cities provide access to health, education economic gain, urban environments are often detrimental
Abstract This paper proposes a framework for comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based care (C4) accessible mental health services in low-resource settings. Because conditions have many causes, this includes social, public health, wellness clinical services. It accommodates integration of stand-alone programs with non-health addresses gaps previous models including lack psychotherapeutic social services, difficulty addressing comorbidity physical conditions, how workers interact...
The Movement for Global Mental Health is a coalition of individuals and institutions committed to collective actions that aim close the treatment gap people living with mental disorders worldwide, based on two fundamental principles: evidence effective treatments human rights disorders.
Abstract In the wake of George Floyd's killing by police in Minneapolis and global response inspired Black Lives Matter, it is time for field mental health to reexamine how we have acknowledged addressed racism our institutions, research, services. solidarity with street level responses, this an important opportunity understand collaboratively respond public demand systemic change. To effectively, vital (1) be aware colonial history that influences today's practices, move forward...
Pamela Collins and colleagues explain the research policy approaches needed globally to ensure children with developmental delays disabilities are fully included in health education services.
In most parts of the world, there are not enough mental health professionals to meet demand. Psychiatrists, with critical expertise in treating patients severe illness, diagnosing complex multimorbidity, and prescribing medications, particularly short supply. As many other health-related inequities, this shortage is disproportionally pronounced lower-income, rural poorly resourced settings. To put problem into perspective, high-income countries have more than 100 times as psychiatrists...
Abstract Background Depression is a common and severe disorder among low-income adolescent mothers in low-and middle-income countries where resources for treatment are limited. We wished to identify factors influencing health service utilization perinatal depression, Nigeria inform new strategies of care delivery. Methods Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were conducted purposively selected young (with medical histories depression), separately with primary clinicians treating this condition...