Understanding Nepali widows’ experiences for the adaptation of an instrument to assess Prolonged Grief Disorder
Kim, Yoona, Damodar Rimal, Angela KC, Sumeera Shrestha, Nagendra P. Luitel, Holly G. Prigerson, Wietse A. Tol, and Pamela J. Surkan Transcultural Psychiatry Published on: 22 December 2020 Abstract: The experience of grief varies across different cultures and contexts. Women in Nepal who lose their husbands confront discrimination, social isolation, and abuse that influence their […]
Adaptation and psychometric validation of the Prolonged Grief Disorder scale among widows in central Nepal
Surkan, Pamela J., Henri Garrison-Desany, Damodar Rimal, Nagendra Luitel, Yoona Kim, Holly G. Prigerson, Sumeera Shrestha, Wietse Tol, and Sarah M. Murray Journal of Affective Disorders Published on: 8 December 2020 Background: Symptoms of grief vary by culture and societal reactions to death may be gender specific. We aimed to validate a Nepali language version of the […]
Evaluation of Proactive Community Case Detection to Increase Help Seeking for Mental Health Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Mark J. D. Jordans, Nagendra P. Luitel, Crick Lund, Brandon A. Kohrt Psychiatric Services Published on: 23 April 2020 Objective: The Community Informant Detection Tool (CIDT) is a vignette- and picture-based method of proactive case detection to promote help seeking for persons with depression, psychosis, alcohol use disorder, and epilepsy. The authors evaluated the effectiveness […]
Validation of a cross-cultural instrument for child behavior problems: the Disruptive Behavior International Scale – Nepal version
Matthew D. Burkey, Ramesh P. Adhikari, Lajina Ghimire, Brandon A. Kohrt, Lawrence S. Wissow, Nagendra P. Luitel, Emily E. Haroz and Mark J. D. Jordans BMC Psychology Published on: 3 November 2018
Improving detection of mental health problems in community settings in Nepal: Development and pilot testing of the community informant detection tool
Subba P, Luitel NP, Kohrt BA, Jordans MJD Conflict and Health Published on: 20 November 2017
Proactive community case-finding to facilitate treatment seeking for mental disorders, Nepal
Jordans MJD, Kohrt B, Luitel NP, Lund C, Komproe IH Bulletin of the World Health Organization Published on: 25 April 2017
Development process of an assessment tool for disruptive behavior problems in cross-cultural settings: the Disruptive Behavior International Scale–Nepal version (DBIS-N)
Burkey, M. D., Ghimire, L., Adhikari, R. P., Kohrt, B. A., Jordans, M. J., Haroz, E. E., & Wissow, L. S. (2016). International journal of culture and mental health Published on: 14 September 2016
Detection of depression in low resource settings: validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and cultural concepts of distress in Nepal
Kohrt B, Luitel NP, Acharya P, Jordans MJD BMC Psychiatry Published on: 8 March 2016
Development of a scoring system for non-specialist ratings of clinical competence in global mental health: a qualitative process evaluation of the Enhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic Factors (ENACT) scale
Kohrt BA, Ramaiya MK, Rai S, Bhardwaj A, Jordans MJD. Global Mental Health Published on: 9 December 2015
Accuracy of proactive case finding for mental disorders by community informants in Nepal
Jordans MJD, Kohrt BA, Luitel NP, Komproe IH, Lund C. The British Journal of Psychiatry Published on: 1 December 2015
Therapist competence in global mental health: Development of the Enhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic factors (ENACT) rating scale
Kohrt BA, Jordans MJD, Rai S, Shrestha P, Luitel NP, Ramaiya MK, Singla DR, Patel V. Behaviour Research and Therapy Published on: 24 March 2015
The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale
Semrau, M., van Ommeren, M., Blagescu, M., Griekspoor, A., Howard, L.M., Jordans, M.J.D., Lempp, H., Marini, A., Pedersen, J., Pilott e, I., Slade, M. & Thornicroft , G. American Journal of Public Health Published on: 12 September 2012
Validation of cross-cultural child mental health and psychosocial research instruments: adapting the Depression Self-Rating Scale and Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Nepal
Kohrt BA, Jordans MJD, Tol WA, Luitel NP, Maharjan SM, Upadhaya N BMC Psychiatry Published on: 4 August 2011
Introducing the IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Guidelines in Emergencies in Nepal: A process description
Jordans, M.J.D., Upadhaya, N., Tol, W., Shrestha, P., Doucet, J., Gurung, R., Aguettant, J., Mahat, P., Shah, S., Adhikari, D., Sharma, K. P., Sherchan, S., Maharjan, R., Kunwar, A., Regmi, I. R., Shyangwa, P., Melville, A. & van Ommeren, M. Intervention Published on: March 2010
Child Led Indicators: Pilot testing a child participation tool for psychosocial support programs for former child soldiers in Nepal
Karki R., Kohrt B.A., Jordans M.J.D., Intervention Published on: July 2009