Journal of Public Health in Africa

1. Closing the measurement gap for adolescent mental health: Validating the SDQ in Nigeria
Laura Katus, Bukola Deborah Olalekan, Adebunmi Oyebisi Oyekola
Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health  vol: 37  issue: 2  first page: 241  year: 2026  
doi: 10.2989/17280583.2025.2580473

2. Child mental-health policy development in sub-Saharan Africa: broadening the perspectives using Bronfenbrenner's ecological model
Olayinka Atilola
Health Promotion International  vol: 32  issue: 2  first page: 380  year: 2017  
doi: 10.1093/heapro/dau065

3. Exploring Barriers to Mental Health Services Utilization at Kabutare District Hospital of Rwanda: Perspectives From Patients
Oliviette Muhorakeye, Emmanuel Biracyaza
Frontiers in Psychology  vol: 12  year: 2021  
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638377

4. Pathways to mental health services across local health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from a systematic review
Samuel Adeyemi Williams, Mamadu Baldeh, Abdulai Jawo Bah, Frida Dennis, Dimbintsoa Rakotomalala Robinson, Yetunde C. Adeniyi, Ryan G. Wagner
PLOS One  vol: 20  issue: 6  first page: e0324064  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324064

5. Comparison of Psychiatric Morbidities among Pupils in Traditional Almajiri and Almajiri-Integrated Model Schools in Sokoto Metropolis, Northwest Nigeria
Ahmad Abubakar, Zahradden G. Habib, Mustapha I. Gudaji
Nigerian Journal of Basic and Clinical Sciences  vol: 20  issue: 1  first page: 70  year: 2023  
doi: 10.4103/njbcs.njbcs_53_22

6. Public Mental Health – Using the Mental Health Gap Action Program to Put all Hands to the Pumps
Richard Uwakwe, Alex Otakpor
Frontiers in Public Health  vol: 2  year: 2014  
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00033

7. Pathways to Psychiatry Care among Children with Mental Health Problems
Hisham A. Ramy, Soheir H. Elghonemy, Nesreen M. Mohsen, Safi M. Nagib, Mohamed Y. Mohamed
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion  vol: 24  issue: 4  first page: 539  year: 2022  
doi: 10.32604/ijmhp.2022.020108

8. Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization Among Patients Attending Tertiary Health Institution in Sokoto State, Nigeria
Ahmad Abubakar, Bello Arkilla Magaji, Abdulfatai Tomori Bakare, Anas Ibrahim Yakubu, Mukhtar Umar, Nuratu Muhammad Illo, Sajjad Muhammad Yusuf
Journal of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine  vol: 3  issue: 1  first page: 19  year: 2024  
doi: 10.4103/jnam.jnam_2_24

9. Where Lies the Risk? An Ecological Approach to Understanding Child Mental Health Risk and Vulnerabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Olayinka Atilola
Psychiatry Journal  vol: 2014  first page: 1  year: 2014  
doi: 10.1155/2014/698348

10. Towards school mental health programmes in Nigeria: systematic review revealed the need for contextualised and culturally-nuanced research
Olayinka Atilola, Bolanle Ola
Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health  vol: 28  issue: 1  first page: 47  year: 2016  
doi: 10.2989/17280583.2016.1144607

11. Barriers and facilitators to identifying depression in adolescents: A cross-cultural qualitative study in Brazil, Nepal, and Nigeria
Scott A. Collins, Katherine Ottman, Jyoti Bohara, Vibha Neupane, Anna Viduani, Silvia Benetti, Thais Martini, Claudia Buchweitz, Olufisayo Momodu, Abiodun O. Adewuya, Kamal Gautam, Helen L. Fisher, Christian Kieling, Valeria Mondelli, Brandon A. Kohrt, Syed Shabab Wahid, Mohammed A. Mamun
PLOS Mental Health  vol: 1  issue: 7  first page: e0000209  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000209

12. If we build it, they will come: Caregiver decision to use an accessible outpatient psychiatric service for children and adolescents in Nigeria
Ezer Kang, Olayinka Omigbodun, Adeola Oduguwa, Woojae Kim, Lu Qin, Olusegun Ogunmola, Folasade Akinkuotu, Meghan Derenoncourt, Haleem Abdurahman, Olurotimi Adejumo, Kehinde Lawal, Tolulope Bella-Awusah
Social Science & Medicine  vol: 279  first page: 113972  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113972

13. Barriers to the provision of community-based mental health services at primary healthcare level in northern Nigeria – A mixed methods study
Emmanuel Ejembi Anyebe, V.O. Olisah, S.N. Garba, H.H. Murtala, A. Danjuma
International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences  vol: 15  first page: 100376  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100376

14. Perception of Parents to Childhood Psychiatric Disorders in Nigeria
Zaharaddeen Garba Habib
Open Journal of Psychiatry  vol: 10  issue: 02  first page: 69  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2020.102009

15. Level of community mental health literacy in sub-Saharan Africa: Current studies are limited in number, scope, spread, and cognizance of cultural nuances
Olayinka Atilola
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry  vol: 69  issue: 2  first page: 93  year: 2015  
doi: 10.3109/08039488.2014.947319

16. The effect of brief psychotherapies (meaning-centered therapy, dignity therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy) on psychosocial outcomes among children with cleft lip and/or palate and their mothers at a tertiary cleft service, Northwest Nigeria
Abdullahi Abdulwahab Yakubu, Summayyah Muhammad Bashar, Rafael Adetokunbo Adebola, Martins Bardi, Audu Ishak Aveka, Sani Khalid, Fahad Abubakar Saulawa, Bashir Adam Yakasai
Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies  vol: 13  issue: 2  first page: 165  year: 2026  
doi: 10.4103/jclpca.jclpca_10_26

17. PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales for adolescents in the Yoruba language: Translation and general psychometric properties
Olayinka Atilola, Dejan Stevanović
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry  vol: 19  issue: 2  first page: 286  year: 2014  
doi: 10.1177/1359104513488375

18. Attitude of Parents to Childhood Psychiatric Disorders in Nigeria
Zaharaddeen Garba Habib
Open Journal of Psychiatry  vol: 10  issue: 02  first page: 83  year: 2020  
doi: 10.4236/ojpsych.2020.102010

19. Defining culturally compelling mental health interventions: A qualitative study of perspectives on adolescent depression in Lagos, Nigeria
Katherine Ottman, Syed Shabab Wahid, Ruth Flynn, Olufisayo Momodu, Helen L. Fisher, Christian Kieling, Valeria Mondelli, Abiodun Adewuya, Brandon A. Kohrt
SSM - Mental Health  vol: 2  first page: 100093  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100093

20. Disengagement from treatment and its socio-demographic and clinical predictors among patients with incident schizophrenia in a Nigerian psychiatric hospital: 8-year naturalistic follow-up analysis
Justus Uchenna Onu, Temitope Ibukun Olatayo, Obioma Comfort Okoye, Nneoma Chizaram Akujobi, Jude Uzoma Ohaeri, Karli Montague-Cardoso
PLOS Mental Health  vol: 2  issue: 3  first page: e0000251  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000251

21. Who seeks child and adolescent mental health care in Kenya? A descriptive clinic profile at a tertiary referral facility
Judy Wanjiru Kamau, Olayinka O. Omigbodun, Tolulope Bella-Awusah, Babatunde Adedokun
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health  vol: 11  issue: 1  year: 2017  
doi: 10.1186/s13034-017-0151-x

22. Cross-cultural child and adolescent psychiatry research in developing countries
O. Atilola
Global Mental Health  vol: 2  year: 2015  
doi: 10.1017/gmh.2015.8

23. Pattern of Presentation and Utilization of Services for Mental and Neurological Disorders in Northeastern Nigeria: A Ten-Year Study
Jidda Mohammed Said, Abdulmalik Jibril, Rabbebe Isah, Omeiza Beida
Psychiatry Journal  vol: 2015  first page: 1  year: 2015  
doi: 10.1155/2015/328432

24. Pathways and delays in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder in Kenya: a cross-sectional study from tertiary hospitals in Nairobi
Muthoni Muthiga, Anne Mbwayo, Rachel Kang’ethe, Neil Horn
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health  vol: 19  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1186/s13034-025-00916-2