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 aims to examine the factors influencing the response to antipsychotic drug therapy in rural coastal Kenya.My DPhil studies will be supervised by Professor Charles Newton, Professor Belinda Lennox and Dr Symon Kariuki.
Recent publications
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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
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Suicide in a rural area of coastal Kenya.
Journal article
Bitta MA. et al, (2018), BMC Psychiatry, 18
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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, (2018), J Atten Disord
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An overview of mental health care system in Kilifi, Kenya: results from an initial assessment using the World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems.
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Bitta MA. et al, (2017), Int J Ment Health Syst, 11
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Antimalarial drugs and the prevalence of mental and neurological manifestations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Bitta MA. et al, (2017), Wellcome Open Res, 2