PILOT STUDY ON THE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG AFRICAN CHILDREN IN GUGLETU, CAPE TOWN

1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Shirley Berger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
African Children

Mental health problems in the elderly in residential care in Greece—A pilot study

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Arvaniti ◽  
M. Livaditis ◽  
E. Kanioti ◽  
E. Davis ◽  
M. Samakouri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Problems

Risk assessment for people with mental health problems: a pilot study of reliability in working practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.M Gale ◽  
A Woodward ◽  
C.J Hawley ◽  
J Hayes ◽  
T Sivakumaran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems

Local terms and understandings of mental health problems in Burundi

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pacifique Irankunda ◽  
Laurie Heatherington ◽  
Jessica Fitts
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Clinic ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Causal Beliefs ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
And Gender

A pilot study and two intensive studies were conducted to document the local vocabularies used by Burundians to describe mental health problems and their understandings about the causes. The pilot study—in which 14 different large groups of community members awaiting appointments at a village health clinic were engaged in open-ended discussions of the local terminology and causal beliefs about mental health problems—suggested three key syndromes: akabonge (a set of depression-like symptoms), guhahamuka (a set of trauma-related symptoms), and ibisigo (a set of psychosis-like symptoms). In Study 1 ( N = 542), individual interviews or surveys presented participants with the names of these syndromes and asked what they considered to be the symptoms and causes of them. Study 2 ( N = 143) cross-validated these terms with a different sample (also in individual interviews/surveys), by presenting the symptom clusters and asking what each would be called and about their causes. Findings of both studies validated this set of terms and yielded a rich body of data about causal beliefs. The influence of education level and gender on familiarity with these terms was also assessed. Implications for the development of mental health services and directions for future research are discussed.

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