Ritsuko Kakuma

Rethinking research on the social determinants of global mental health

Kelly Rose-Clarke, Dristy Gurung, Carrie Brooke-Sumner, Rochelle Burgess, Jonathan Burns, Ritsuko Kakuma, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Lourdes Ladrido-Ignacio, Pallab K Maulik, Tessa Roberts, Ian F Walker, Shehan Williams, Peter Yaro, Graham Thornicroft, Crick Lund

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet Psychiatry

Implementation process and outcomes of a mental health programme integrated in primary care clinics in rural Mexico: A mixed-methods study

G Miguel-Esponda, N Bohm-Levine, FG Rodríguez-Cuevas, A Cohen, R Kakuma

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Background: Policies and programmes in Mexico promote the integration of mental health services into primary health care (PHC), ho..

Service user and family participation in mental health policy making in Timor-Leste: a qualitative study with multiple stakeholders

Teresa Hall, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lisa Palmer, Harry Minas, Joao Martins, Greg Armstrong

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Psychiatry

Background Participation in mental health system strengthening by people with mental health problems and their families is a corne..

Acceptability of a role for community health workers in integrated mental health care for perinatal depression: a qualitative study from Surabaya, Indonesia

Endang Retno Surjaningrum, Harry Minas, Anthony Francis Jorm, Ritsuko Kakuma

Journal article  |  2020

Background: Integrated antenatal care in Indonesia has the potential to extend the role of community health workers (CHWs) to inc..

Service user and family participation in mental health policy making in Timor-Leste: a qualitative study with multiple stakeholders

Teresa Hall, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lisa Palmer, Harry Minas, João Martins, Greg Armstrong

Journal article  |  2020

Introduction: Participation in mental health system strengthening by people with mental health problems and their families is a c..

Barriers and facilitators of mental health programmes in primary care in low-income and middle-income countries

Georgina Miguel Esponda, Sarah Hartman, Onaiza Qureshi, Euan Sadler, Alex Cohen, Ritsuko Kakuma

Journal article  |  2020  |  Lancet Psychiatry

Integration of services into primary health care for people with common mental disorders is considered a key strategy to improve a..

Intersectoral collaboration for people-centred mental health care in Timor-Leste: a mixed-methods study using qualitative and social network analysis

Teresa Hall, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lisa Palmer, Harry Minas, Joao Martins, Greg Armstrong

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS

Are people-centred mental health services acceptable and feasible in Timor-Leste? A qualitative study

Teresa Hall, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lisa Palmer, Joao Martins, Harry Minas, Michelle Kermode

Journal article  |  2019  |  Health Policy and Planning

People-centred mental healthcare is an influential concept for health system strengthening and sustainable development that has be..

Resolving the paradox of increased mental health expenditure and stable prevalence

Graham N Meadows, Ante Prodan, Scott Patten, Frances Shawyer, Sarah Francis, Joanne Enticott, Sebastian Rosenberg, Jo-An Atkinson, Ellie Fossey, Ritsuko Kakuma

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

A doubling of Australian expenditure on mental health services over two decades, inflation-adjusted, has reduced prevalence of nei..

Current needs for the improved management of depressive disorder in community healthcare centres, Shenzhen, China: a view from primary care medical leaders

Kendall Searle, Grant Blashki, Ritsuko Kakuma, Hui Yang, Yuanlin Zhao, Harry Minas

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS