World Mental Health Day: Article Collection
To mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October, 2023, we have collated the most impactful research from across the RSTMH portfolio which focuses on the the intersection between mental health and tropical medicine/global health.
Highlights include a commentary which provides an overview of the mental health and psychosocial support available in Afghanistan; a review article on mental health, stigma and discrimination and neglected tropical diseases; a cross-sectional study on the associations between water insecurity and depression among refugee adolescents and youth in a humanitarian context in Uganda; and a longitudinal investigation of factors influencing mental health during centralised quarantine for COVID-19.
All papers are free to read.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Disability, mental health, stigma and discrimination and neglected tropical diseases. Hannah Kuper. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 2, February 2021, Pages 145–146, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa160
Mental health among patients in a COVID-19-dedicated facility. Akhilesh Agarwal and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 115, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 1–2, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa095
Mental distress and health-related quality of life in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: a case–control study in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Junior Mudji and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 116, Issue 11, November 2022, Pages 1022–1031, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac035
Stigma, participation restriction and mental distress in patients affected by leprosy, cutaneous leishmaniasis and Chagas disease: a pilot study in two co-endemic regions of eastern Colombia. Libardo J Gómez and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 114, Issue 7, July 2020, Pages 476–482, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trz132
High levels of depressive symptoms among people with lower limb lymphoedema in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study. Maya Semrau and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 114, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 974–982, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa139
Depression, anxiety and stress among HIV-positive pregnant women in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nebiyu Solomon Tibebu and others. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 117, Issue 5, May 2023, Pages 317–325, https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trac126
International Health
Overview and understanding of mental health and psychosocial support in Afghanistan. Lyla Schwartz and others. International Health, Volume 15, Issue 5, September 2023, Pages 601–607, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad055
Longitudinal investigation of factors influencing mental health during centralized quarantine for COVID-19, Haoran Yu and others. International Health, ihad062, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad062
Associations between water insecurity and depression among refugee adolescents and youth in a humanitarian context in Uganda: cross-sectional survey findings. Carmen H Logie and others. International Health, Volume 15, Issue 4, July 2023, Pages 474–476, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihac065
Exploring the well-being of people affected by skin NTDs in Kaduna and Kwara States, Nigeria: a photovoice and scoping review study. Oluwatosin Adekeye and others. International Health, Volume 15, Issue Supplement_1, April 2023, Pages i100–i109, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihad003
Vision impairment and self-reported anxiety and depression in older adults in Nigeria: evidence from a cross-sectional survey in Kogi State. Ben Gascoyne and others. International Health, Volume 14, Issue Supplement_1, April 2022, Pages i9–i16, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab070
