Mary Bitta
Dphil candidate
I am interested in cross-cutting issues in mental health in sub-Saharan Africa. My research aims to understand the burden, barriers to treatment and treatment outcomes of people with common mental disorders.
My DPhil project will evaluate the effect of implementing the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide on the treatment gap of common mental disorders in rural coastal Kenya. My DPhil studies are supervised by Professor Charles Newton, Professor Belinda Lennox and Dr Symon Kariuki.
Recent publications
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Validity and reliability of the Neurodevelopmental Screening Tool (NDST) in screening for neurodevelopmental disorders in children living in rural Kenyan coast
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Bitta MA. et al, (2021), Wellcome Open Research, 6, 137 - 137
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Evaluation of Psychometric Properties and Factorial Structure of ADHD Module of K-SADS-PL in Children From Rural Kenya.
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Kariuki SM. et al, (2020), J Atten Disord, 24, 2064 - 2071
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Investigating assumptions of vulnerability: A case study of the exclusion of psychiatric inpatients as participants in genetic research in low- and middle-income contexts.
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Palk AC. et al, (2020), Dev World Bioeth
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Contextualizing and pilot testing the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) to primary healthcare workers in Kilifi, Kenya.
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Bitta MA. et al, (2020), Glob Ment Health (Camb), 7
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Priority mental, neurological and substance use disorders in rural Kenya: Traditional health practitioners' and primary health care workers' perspectives.
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Bitta MA. et al, (2019), PLoS One, 14