ReviewGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2022
Interventions for adolescents and adults with psychosis in Africa: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.
Review in Global mental health (Cambridge, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06007105 (SUCCEED Africa), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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SUCCEED Africa: Protocol for a Multi-method Pilot Study of a Community-based Intervention for People With Psychosis in West and Southeast Africa
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Social Inclusion Interventions for Anxiety and Depression among Adolescents: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Real-world comprehensive care of people living with schizophrenia: recommendations across different settings and clinical stages.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026Article
- PATIENT PATHWAYS TO UGANDA'S FIRST SPECIALISED EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHOSIS SERVICE AND RELATION TO THEIR CLINICAL OUTCOMES.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Opportunities for Digital Health to Support Early Psychosis Care in Ghana: Qualitative Study Among Patients, Caregivers, and Clinicians.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Co-production using Theory of Change in the development of the SUCCEED Africa community-based rehabilitation intervention for people living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Whole-Exome and Whole-Genome Sequencing of Candidate Pharmacogenomic and Schizophrenia-Related Genes in Sudanese Families with Schizophrenia.Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine · 2026Article
- Digital health for early psychosis in Ghana: patient and caregiver needs and preferences.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Early intervention in psychosis programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America; challenges and recommendations.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- Applying the Health Stigma and Discrimination Framework to psychosis stigma in Malawi.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa: SUCCEED Africa's four-country situation analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Perspective on clinical high-risk for psychosis in Africa.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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14 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Background: The Global Burden of Disease attributable to psychotic disorders in African countries is high and has increased sharply in recent years. Yet, there is a scarcity of evidence on effective, appropriate and acceptable interventions for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders on the continent. Methods: We carried out a systematic review and narrative synthesis of peer-reviewed literature evaluating the impact of non-pharmacological interventions for adolescents and adults (10-65 years) in African countries. Two reviewers independently double-screened all articles and performed data extraction and quality appraisal using standardized tools. Results: Of the 8529 unique texts returned by our search, 12 studies were identified for inclusion, from seven countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan. They evaluated a range of interventions with one or more clinical, psychological or psychosocial, education or awareness or traditional or faith-based components, and were delivered by either mental health specialists or non-specialist health workers. Ten of the 12 included studies reported significant, positive effects on a range of outcomes (including functioning, symptoms and stigma). Nearly half of the interventions were based out of health facilities. Based on quality appraisals, confidence in these studies' findings is only rated low to medium. Conclusion: Further research is needed to develop and evaluate interventions that meet the diverse needs of people with psychosis, within and beyond the health sector.
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