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Maternal common mental disorder and infant growth--a cross-sectional study from MalawiRobert C Stewart
Department of Community Health, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi
Matern Child Nutr 4:209-19. 2008..59 SD 1.09) but this difference was not significant on univariate (Student's t-test: P = 0.097) or multivariate analysis. The study demonstrates an association between maternal CMD and infant growth impairment in rural sub-Saharan Africa...
Cognitive behaviour therapy-based intervention by community health workers for mothers with depression and their infants in rural Pakistan: a cluster-randomised controlled trialAtif Rahman
School of Population, Community, and Behavioural Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Lancet 372:902-9. 2008..We integrated a cognitive behaviour therapy-based intervention into the routine work of community-based primary health workers in rural Pakistan and assessed the effect of this intervention on maternal depression and infant outcomes...- Association between antenatal depression and low birthweight in a developing countryA Rahman
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Acta Psychiatr Scand 115:481-6. 2007..There is a high prevalence of depression in south Asian women. We aimed to examine the association between antenatal depression and low birthweight (LBW) in infants in a rural community in Rawalpindi, Pakistan... - Challenges and opportunities in developing a psychological intervention for perinatal depression in rural Pakistan--a multi-method studyA Rahman
Division of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Manchester, U K
Arch Womens Ment Health 10:211-9. 2007..We describe lessons learned from a multi-method formative study to develop and deliver a psychological intervention to depressed mothers and their infants through non-specialist village based health workers... - Maternal depression increases infant risk of diarrhoeal illness: --a cohort studyA Rahman
Human Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan
Arch Dis Child 92:24-8. 2007..To examine the associations between postnatal depression in mothers and diarrhoeal illness in their infants in the first year of life in a low-income country... 
Impact of maternal depression on infant nutritional status and illness: a cohort studyAtif Rahman
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, England
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:946-52. 2004..The risk for emotional and behavioral problems is known to be high among children of depressed mothers, but little is known about the impact of prenatal and postnatal depression on the physical health of infants...- Mothers' mental health and infant growth: a case-control study from Rawalpindi, PakistanA Rahman
University of Manchester Department of Child Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children s Hospital, Manchester School of Primary Care, Rusholme Health Centre, Manchester, UK
Child Care Health Dev 30:21-7. 2004..This study aimed to determine whether poor maternal mental health is associated with an increased risk of infant undernutrition... - Suicidal feelings run high among mothers in refugee camps: a cross-sectional surveyA Rahman
Human Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan
Acta Psychiatr Scand 108:392-3. 2003..To study levels of mental distress in a sample of Afghan mothers caring for children in two refugee camps in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan... - Outcome of prenatal depression and risk factors associated with persistence in the first postnatal year: prospective study from Rawalpindi, PakistanAtif Rahman
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester and Human Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan
J Affect Disord 100:115-21. 2007..Prolonged depression during the postnatal period is associated with impaired infant growth and development. Little is known about the factors predicting the persistence of prenatal depression beyond the first few postnatal months... - The neglected 'm' in MCH programmes--why mental health of mothers is important for child nutritionAtif Rahman
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, and Institute of Psychiatry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Trop Med Int Health 13:579-83. 2008.... - Life events, social support and depression in childbirth: perspectives from a rural community in the developing worldA Rahman
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Manchester
Psychol Med 33:1161-7. 2003..Rapidly changing traditional family structures and practices may be increasing the risk of depression in many women. Recognizing and treating depression should be initiated during the antenatal, rather than post-natal period... - Serious infections in British patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: hospitalisations and mortalityF Goldblatt
Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London Hospital, United Kingdom
Lupus 18:682-9. 2009..Early recognition and treatment of infectious diseases in these patients together with considered use of immunosuppressant medications and vaccinations may help to reduce the impact of these complications... - Community management of intellectual disabilities in Pakistan: a mixed methods studyI Mirza
Human Development Research Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan
J Intellect Disabil Res 53:559-70. 2009..Pakistan has one of the highest reported rates of childhood intellectual disabilities (ID) in the world. Prevalence estimates vary from 19.1/1000 for serious ID to 65/1000 for mild ID... - Social stress and depression during pregnancy and in the postnatal period in British Pakistani mothers: a cohort studyNusrat Husain
School of Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
J Affect Disord 140:268-76. 2012..The design used was a cross-sectional two phase population based survey with a prospective cohort study... - Mental health in the tropicsA Rahman
Division of Psychiatry, School of Population, Community and Behavioural Sciences, University of Liverpool, Child Mental Health Unit, Alder Hey Children s NHS Foundation Trust, Mulberry House, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, U K
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 103:95-110. 2009..Most of all, there needs to be awareness amongst health providers and planners that mental health is an integral part of general health concerns, and that there can be no health without mental health... - Translation and cultural adaptation of health questionnairesA Rahman
School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
J Pak Med Assoc 53:142-7. 2003..CONCLUSION: Simple translations are often insufficient for complex questionnaires. Key informant interviews and focus groups are useful to address conceptual and construct issues in such questionnaires... - Developing child mental health services in developing countriesA Rahman
Department of Child Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children s Hospital, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 41:539-46. 2000..This is illustrated with examples of relevant activities undertaken in low-income developing countries over the last two decades... - Can maternal depression increase infant risk of illness and growth impairment in developing countries?A Rahman
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Manchester Children s Hospital, Manchester, UK
Child Care Health Dev 28:51-6. 2002..We outline approaches to test such a hypothesis in a developing country, and discuss its implications... - No health without mental healthMartin Prince
King s College London, Centre for Public Mental Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Lancet 370:859-77. 2007..Mental health awareness needs to be integrated into all aspects of health and social policy, health-system planning, and delivery of primary and secondary general health care... - The Lancet's series on global mental health: 1 year onVikram Patel
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Sangath Centre, Porvorim, Goa, India
Lancet 372:1354-7. 2008 - Effect of maternal mental health on infant growth in low income countries: new evidence from South AsiaVikram Patel
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Sangath, Goa, India
BMJ 328:820-3. 2004