Integrating alternative and complementary medicine in the management of epilepsy and its comorbidities in low- and middle-income settings

Authors: Kariuki, Symon M., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Epilepsy & Behavior January 2025 162

Exploring psychotic symptoms among substance-naïve individuals and recent abstainers without a psychosis diagnosis: A cross-country study across Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa

Authors: Kisiang'ani, Isaac Babu, Aden, Mohammed, Mwangi, Henry R., Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Barasa, Julius, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Kariuki, Symon M., Kwobah, Edith Kamaru, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Mwema, Rehema M., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Ongeri, Linnet, Pretorius, Adele, Stein, Dan J., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Teferra, Solomon, Zingela, Zukiswa, Atwoli, Lukoye

Source: In Psychiatry Research December 2024 342

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa

Authors: Kipkemoi, Patricia, Mufford, Mary S., Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Atwoli, Lukoye, Chibnik, Lori B., Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Kariuki, Symon M., Koenen, Karestan C., Kwobah, Edith, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Mwema, Rehema M., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Pretorius, Adele, Stein, Dan J., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Teferra, Solomon, Zingela, Zukiswa, Post, Kristianna, Korte, Kristina J.

Source: In Comprehensive Psychiatry November 2024 135

Relationships between trauma types and psychotic symptoms: A network analysis of patients with psychotic disorders in a large, multi-country study in East Africa

Authors: Stevenson, Anne, Misra, Supriya, Girma, Engida, Isvoranu, Adela-Maria, Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Atwoli, Lukoye, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Kariuki, Symon M., Kwobah, Edith Kamaru, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Mwema, Rehema M., Newman, Carter P., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Ongeri, Linnet, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Teferra, Solomon, Koenen, Karestan C., Seedat, Soraya

Source: In Comprehensive Psychiatry August 2024 133

Cross-cultural equivalence of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) across four African countries in a multi-national study of adults

Authors: Ametaj, Amantia A., Denckla, Christy A., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., II, Hall, Jasmine, Ongeri, Linnet, Milkias, Barkot, Hoffman, Jacob, Naisanga, Molly, Akena, Dickens, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Kwobah, Edith K., Atwoli, Lukoye, Gichuru, Stella, Teferra, Solomon, Alemayehu, Melkam, Zingela, Zukiswa, Stein, Dan J., Pretorius, Adele, Newton, Charles R.J.C., Mwema, Rehema M., Kariuki, Symon M., Koenen, Karestan C., Gelaye, Bizu

Source: In SSM - Mental Health June 2024 5

Risk of suicidality in mental and neurological disorders in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors: Ongeri, Linnet, Theuri, Cyrus, Nyawira, Miriam, Penninx, Brenda W.J.H., Tijdink, Joeri K., Kariuki, Symon M., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Comprehensive Psychiatry May 2023 123

Genetic structure correlates with ethnolinguistic diversity in eastern and southern Africa

Authors: Atkinson, Elizabeth G., Dalvie, Shareefa, Pichkar, Yakov, Kalungi, Allan, Majara, Lerato, Stevenson, Anne, Abebe, Tamrat, Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Ashaba, Fred K., Atwoli, Lukoye, Baker, Mark, Chibnik, Lori B., Creanza, Nicole, Daly, Mark J., Fekadu, Abebaw, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Injera, Wilfred E., James, Roxanne, Kariuki, Symon M., Kigen, Gabriel, Koen, Nastassja, Koenen, Karestan C., Koenig, Zan, Kwobah, Edith, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Musinguzi, Henry, Mwema, Rehema M., Neale, Benjamin M., Newman, Carter P., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Ongeri, Linnet, Ramachandran, Sohini, Ramesar, Raj, Shiferaw, Welelta, Stein, Dan J., Stroud, Rocky E., Teferra, Solomon, Yohannes, Mary T., Zingela, Zukiswa, Martin, Alicia R.

Source: American journal of human genetics. 109(9):1667-1679

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Accelerating progress on early childhood development for children under 5 years with disabilities by 2030

Authors: Olusanya, Bolajoko O., Boo, Nem Yun, Nair, M.K.C., Samms-Vaughan, Maureen E., Hadders-Algra, Mijna, Wright, Scott M., Breinbauer, Cecilia, Almasri, Nihad, Moreno-Angarita, Marisol, Arabloo, Jalal, Arora, Narendra K., Block, Sandra S., Berman, Brad D., Burchell, Gwen, de Camargo, Olaf Kraus, Carr, Gwen, del Castillo-Hegyi, Christie, Cheung, Vivian G., Halpern, Ricardo, Hoekstra, Rosa, Lynch, Paul, Mulaudzi, Mphelekedzeni C., Kakooza-Mwesige, Angelina, Ogbo, Felix A., Olusanya, Jacob O., Rojas-Osorio, Valeria, Shaheen, Amira, Williams, Andrew N., Servili, Chiara, Gladstone, Melissa, Kuper, Hannah, Wertlieb, Donald, Davis, Adrian C., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In The Lancet Global Health March 2022 10(3):e438-e444

Low-coverage sequencing cost-effectively detects known and novel variation in underrepresented populations

Authors: Martin, Alicia R., Atkinson, Elizabeth G., Chapman, Sinéad B., Stevenson, Anne, Stroud, Rocky E., Abebe, Tamrat, Akena, Dickens, Alemayehu, Melkam, Ashaba, Fred K., Atwoli, Lukoye, Bowers, Tera, Chibnik, Lori B., Daly, Mark J., DeSmet, Timothy, Dodge, Sheila, Fekadu, Abebaw, Ferriera, Steven, Gelaye, Bizu, Gichuru, Stella, Injera, Wilfred E., James, Roxanne, Kariuki, Symon M., Kigen, Gabriel, Koenen, Karestan C., Kwobah, Edith, Kyebuzibwa, Joseph, Majara, Lerato, Musinguzi, Henry, Mwema, Rehema M., Neale, Benjamin M., Newman, Carter P., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Pickrell, Joseph K., Ramesar, Raj, Shiferaw, Welelta, Stein, Dan J., Teferra, Solomon, van der Merwe, Celia, Zingela, Zukiswa

Source: In The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 April 2021 108(4):656-668

Validation of a Swahili version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adults living with HIV compared to a community sample from Kilifi, Kenya

Authors: Mwangi, Paul, Nyongesa, Moses K., Koot, Hans M., Cuijpers, Pim, Newton, Charles R.J.C., Abubakar, Amina

Source: In Journal of Affective Disorders Reports December 2020 1

Transcranial Doppler and Magnetic Resonance in Tanzanian Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Authors: Kija, Edward N., Saunders, Dawn E., Munubhi, Emmanuel, Darekar, Angela, Barker, Simon, Cox, Timothy C.S., Mango, Mechris, Soka, Deogratias, Komba, Joyce, Nkya, Deogratias A., Cox, Sharon E., Kirkham, Fenella J., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: Stroke. 50(7):1719-1726

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The Association Between Childhood Seizures and Later Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Problems: Findings From a Nationally Representative Birth Cohort

Authors: Kariuki, Symon M., Newton, Charles R.J.C., Prince, Martin J., Das-Munshi, Jayati

Source: Psychosomatic medicine. 78(5):620-628

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The reasons for the epilepsy treatment gap in Kilifi, Kenya: Using formative research to identify interventions to improve adherence to antiepileptic drugs

Authors: Carter, Julie A., Molyneux, Catherine S., Mbuba, Caroline K., Jenkins, Jo, Newton, Charles R.J.C., Hartley, Sally D.

Source: In Epilepsy & Behavior December 2012 25(4):614-621

Co-morbidity of epilepsy in Tanzanian children: A community-based case–control study

Authors: Burton, Kathryn, Rogathe, Jane, Whittaker, Roger G., Mankad, Kshitij, Hunter, Ewan, Burton, Matthew J., Todd, Jim, Neville, Brian G.R., Walker, Richard, Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy April 2012 21(3):169-174

Behavioral problems in children with epilepsy in rural Kenya

Authors: Kariuki, Symon M., Abubakar, Amina, Holding, Penny A., Mung'ala-Odera, Victor, Chengo, Eddie, Kihara, Michael, Neville, Brian G., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Epilepsy & Behavior January 2012 23(1):41-46

Atypical brain response to novelty in rural African children with a history of severe falciparum malaria

Authors: Kihara, Michael, de Haan, Michelle, Garrashi, Harrun H., Neville, Brian G.R., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Journal of the Neurological Sciences 15 September 2010 296(1-2):88-95

Hypothetical performance of syndrome-based management of acute paediatric admissions of children aged more than 60 days in a Kenyan district hospital

Authors: English Mike, Berkley James, Mwangi Isiah, Mohammed Shebbe, Ahmed Maimuna, Osier Faith, Muturi Neema, Ogutu Bernhards, Marsh Kevin, Newton Charles R.J.C.

Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol 81, Iss 3, Pp 166-173 (2003)

Subject Terms: Acute disease/therapy, Critical illness/therapy, Syndrome, Pneumonia/diagnosis, Pneumonia/drug therapy, Malaria/diagnosis, Malaria/drug therapy, Diarrhea/diagnosis, Diarrhea/drug therapy, Child nutrition disorders/diagnosis, Child nutrition disorders/therapy, Meningitis/diagnosis, Meningitis/drug therapy, Bacteremia/diagnosis, Bacteremia/drug therapy, Infant, Child, Preschool, Models, Theoretical, Prospective studies, Kenya, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Can erythropoietin be used to prevent brain damage in cerebral malaria?

Authors: Casals-Pascual, Climent, Idro, Richard, Picot, Stéphane, Roberts, David J., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Trends in Parasitology 2009 25(1):30-36

Haptoglobin HP2-2 genotype, α-thalassaemia and acute seizures in children living in a malaria-endemic area

Authors: Idro, Richard, Williams, Thomas N., Gwer, Samson, Uyoga, Sophie, Macharia, Alex, Opi, Herbert, Atkinson, Sarah, Maitland, Kathryn, Kager, Piet A., Kwiatkowski, Dominic, Neville, Brian G.R., Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Epilepsy Research October 2008 81(2-3):114-118

Axonal and astrocyte injury markers in the cerebrospinal fluid of Kenyan children with severe malaria

Authors: Medana, Isabelle M., Idro, Richard, Newton, Charles R.J.C.

Source: In Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2007 258(1):93-98