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Inge Petersen

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Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities

…, C Levin, C Lund, MEM Mora, I Petersen… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
The burden of mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders increased by 41%
between 1990 and 2010 and now accounts for one in every 10 lost years of health globally. …

[HTML][HTML] PRIME: a programme to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders in five low-and middle-income countries

…, A Fekadu, R Shidhaye, M Jordans, I Petersen… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Crick Lund and colleagues describe their plans for the PRogramme for Improving Mental
health carE (PRIME), which aims to generate evidence on implementing and scaling up …

[HTML][HTML] Acceptability and feasibility of using non-specialist health workers to deliver mental health care: stakeholder perceptions from the PRIME district sites in …

E Mendenhall, MJ De Silva, C Hanlon, I Petersen… - Social science & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Three-quarters of the global mental health burden exists in low- and middle-income countries
(LMICs), yet the lack of mental health services in resource-poor settings is striking. Task-…

Mental health service delivery in South Africa from 2000 to 2010: One step forward, one step back

I Petersen, C Lund - South African Medical Journal, 2011 - ajol.info
Objectives. To identify progress and challenges in mental healthcare in South Africa, as well
as future mental health services research priorities. Method. A systematic review of mental …

Optimizing mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries

I Petersen, C Lund, DJ Stein - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Optimizing mental health services in LMICs requires legislation, policies and plans that are
enabling of the above strategies and actions. Studies demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Exceptional longevity does not result in excessive levels of disability

K Christensen, M McGue, I Petersen… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Late-life loss of independence in daily living is a central concern for the aging individual and
for society. The implications of increased survival to advanced age may be different at the …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated mental health care: a district level situation analysis from five low-and middle-income countries

…, J Ssebunnya, A Fekadu, R Shidhaye, I Petersen… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Little is known about how to tailor implementation of mental health services in
low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to the diverse settings encountered within and …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening mental health systems in low-and middle-income countries: the Emerald programme

…, M Jordans, F Kigozi, H Lempp, C Lund, I Petersen… - BMC medicine, 2015 - Springer
There is a large treatment gap for mental health care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs),
with the majority of people with mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) …

Sexual violence and youth in South Africa: The need for community-based prevention interventions

I Petersen, A Bhana, M McKay - Child abuse & neglect, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: South Africa is reported to have one of the highest rates of sexual violence in
the world, with adolescent girls between the ages of 12–17 being particularly at risk. Given …

Collaboration between traditional practitioners and primary health care staff in South Africa: developing a workable partnership for community mental health services

V Campbell-Hall, I Petersen, A Bhana… - Transcultural …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The majority of the black African population in South Africa utilize both traditional and public
sector Western systems of healing for mental health care. There is a need to develop …