Alex Cohen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3581797 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alex Cohen |
| NOMBRES | Alex |
| APELLIDO | Cohen |
| FIRMA | COHEN A |
| AFILIACIONES | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5040-0342 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 43 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1937 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Beyond “Ch'jurnaaq”
Psychotic conditions are major causes of disability in Latin America, where mental healthcare is mostly limited and inadequate. Indigenous People throughout this region experience additional barriers to mental health care, compounded by structural inequities and diverse health practices. This study in Guatemala described the Maya Indigenous People’s perceptions about psychosis, its symptoms, causes, responses to, and recovery. Results will inform…
Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries
As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received care at traditional and faith healers' (TFHs) facilities in three cultural groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. A purposive sample of 85 individuals in Ibadan (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana), and Nairobi (Kenya) were interviewed. Data was …
What factors influence engagement with primary mental health care services? A qualitative study of service user perspectives in rural communities of Mexico
Low engagement with mental health treatment, including a lack of help-seeking and low subsequent attendance to treatment, are important challenges to the provision of mental healthcare. In settings with high levels of poverty, such as rural Mexican communities, low engagement may be aggravated by the limited availability of mental health services and existing barriers to access these services. This qualitative study was conducted to investigate f…
Adaptation of problem-solving therapy for primary care to prevent late-life depression in Goa, India
BACKGROUND: Depression in late life is a major, yet unrecognized public health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The dearth of specialist resources, together with the limited ability of current depression treatments to avert years lived with disability, underscores the need for preventive interventions that can be delivered by lay health workers in primary care settings. We describe the development of an intervention for the in…
Estimating Farm Production Parameters with Measurement Error in Land Area
I provide a new method for correcting and assessing bias from measurement error in land area and apply it to estimating two important sets of parameters: the relationship between farm size and productivity and farm production function coefficients. Traditionally, researchers have measured area using farmer self-reporting, which is prone to (nonclassical) measurement error. In response, recent papers use area estimates from global positioning syst…
Developing a Mental Health Measurement Strategy to Capture Psychological Problems among Lower Caste Adolescent Girls in Rural, South India
Adolescent girls vulnerable to early marriage and school dropout in rural India may be at elevated risk of psychosocial problems. However, few screening instruments have been culturally adapted and validated to measure this risk. This paper describes the process by which the Primary Health Questionnaire PHQ-9, a screening instrument for depression, was tested for cultural validity as part of the Samata evaluation - an intervention to support low …
Experiences of stigma and discrimination faced by family caregivers of people with schizophrenia in India
Stigma associated with schizophrenia significantly affects family caregivers, yet few studies have examined the nature and determinants of family stigma and its relationship to their knowledge about the condition. This paper describes the experiences and determinants of stigma reported by the primary caregivers of people living with schizophrenia (PLS) in India. The study used mixed methods and was nested in a randomised controlled trial of commu…
Experiences of stigma and discrimination of people with schizophrenia in India
Global Mental Health
The emergence of the discipline of global mental health as one of the most dynamic fields of global health underscores the need for this resource, which covers two major aspects of the field: its scientific foundations and its practice. It opens with an original account charting the history of the field from antiquity to its most recent developments. The language and content is geared towards a wide audience of practitioners and students of globa…
Global Mental Health
The impact of a lay counselor led collaborative care intervention for common mental disorders in public and private primary care
The MANAS trial evaluated the effectiveness of a lay counselor led collaborative stepped care intervention for Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in public and private sector primary care settings in Goa, India. This paper describes the qualitative findings of the experience of the intervention and its impact on health and psychosocial outcomes. Twenty four primary care facilities (12 public and private each) were randomized to provide either collabor…
Attitudes of Malaysian general hospital staff towards patients with mental illness and diabetes
Results support the view that, in the Malaysian setting, patients with mental illness may receive differential care from general hospital staff and that general stigmatising attitudes among professionals may influence their care practices. More direct measurement of clinician behaviours than able to be implemented through survey method is required to support these conclusions
Rational Use and Rationale for Use
This article describes obstacles to the rational use of psychiatric drugs in a 1000-bed institution for people with intellectual disability employing the WHO framework for rationality. Quantitative data were collected from 98 charts and qualitative data from 14 individuals in this case study. Eight-three percent of patients were taking psychiatric medications, even though 67% of these had no psychiatric diagnosis. Antipsychotics were the first-or…
Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries
Treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries
The Search for Meaning
Using Word-Processing Software for Analysis of Fieldnotes and Other Research Materials
Prognosis for schizophrenia in the third world
Response to the invited commentaries
A Cross-Cultural Study of the Effects of Environmental Unpredictability on Aggression in Folktales
Ernest Bloch's ‘Macbeth’
Journal Article ERNEST BLOCH'S ‘MACBETH’ Get access ALEX COHEN ALEX COHEN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume XIX, Issue 2, April 1938, Pages 143–148, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/XIX.2.143 Published: 01 April 1938
Debussy's Poets Translated
DEBUSSY'S POETS TRANSLATED Get access ALEX COHEN ALEX COHEN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume XVIII, Issue 2, April 1937, Pages 158–161, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/XVIII.2.158 Published: 01 April 1937
Experiences of stigma and discrimination of people with schizophrenia in India
Experiences of stigma and discrimination faced by family caregivers of people with schizophrenia in India
Stigma associated with schizophrenia significantly affects family caregivers, yet few studies have examined the nature and determinants of family stigma and its relationship to their knowledge about the condition. This paper describes the experiences and determinants of stigma reported by the primary caregivers of people living with schizophrenia (PLS) in India. The study used mixed methods and was nested in a randomised controlled trial of commu…
A Cross-Cultural Study of the Effects of Environmental Unpredictability on Aggression in Folktales
The impact of a lay counselor led collaborative care intervention for common mental disorders in public and private primary care
The MANAS trial evaluated the effectiveness of a lay counselor led collaborative stepped care intervention for Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in public and private sector primary care settings in Goa, India. This paper describes the qualitative findings of the experience of the intervention and its impact on health and psychosocial outcomes. Twenty four primary care facilities (12 public and private each) were randomized to provide either collabor…
Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries
As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received care at traditional and faith healers' (TFHs) facilities in three cultural groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. A purposive sample of 85 individuals in Ibadan (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana), and Nairobi (Kenya) were interviewed. Data was …
Estimating Farm Production Parameters with Measurement Error in Land Area
I provide a new method for correcting and assessing bias from measurement error in land area and apply it to estimating two important sets of parameters: the relationship between farm size and productivity and farm production function coefficients. Traditionally, researchers have measured area using farmer self-reporting, which is prone to (nonclassical) measurement error. In response, recent papers use area estimates from global positioning syst…
Using Word-Processing Software for Analysis of Fieldnotes and Other Research Materials
Response to the invited commentaries
Debussy's Poets Translated
DEBUSSY'S POETS TRANSLATED Get access ALEX COHEN ALEX COHEN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume XVIII, Issue 2, April 1937, Pages 158–161, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/XVIII.2.158 Published: 01 April 1937
Ernest Bloch's ‘Macbeth’
Journal Article ERNEST BLOCH'S ‘MACBETH’ Get access ALEX COHEN ALEX COHEN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume XIX, Issue 2, April 1938, Pages 143–148, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/XIX.2.143 Published: 01 April 1938
A Cross-Cultural Study of the Effects of Environmental Unpredictability on Aggression in Folktales
Prognosis for schizophrenia in the third world
Response to the invited commentaries
Using Word-Processing Software for Analysis of Fieldnotes and Other Research Materials
The Search for Meaning
Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries
Treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries
Rational Use and Rationale for Use
This article describes obstacles to the rational use of psychiatric drugs in a 1000-bed institution for people with intellectual disability employing the WHO framework for rationality. Quantitative data were collected from 98 charts and qualitative data from 14 individuals in this case study. Eight-three percent of patients were taking psychiatric medications, even though 67% of these had no psychiatric diagnosis. Antipsychotics were the first-or…
Attitudes of Malaysian general hospital staff towards patients with mental illness and diabetes
Results support the view that, in the Malaysian setting, patients with mental illness may receive differential care from general hospital staff and that general stigmatising attitudes among professionals may influence their care practices. More direct measurement of clinician behaviours than able to be implemented through survey method is required to support these conclusions
Global Mental Health
The emergence of the discipline of global mental health as one of the most dynamic fields of global health underscores the need for this resource, which covers two major aspects of the field: its scientific foundations and its practice. It opens with an original account charting the history of the field from antiquity to its most recent developments. The language and content is geared towards a wide audience of practitioners and students of globa…
Global Mental Health
The impact of a lay counselor led collaborative care intervention for common mental disorders in public and private primary care
The MANAS trial evaluated the effectiveness of a lay counselor led collaborative stepped care intervention for Common Mental Disorders (CMD) in public and private sector primary care settings in Goa, India. This paper describes the qualitative findings of the experience of the intervention and its impact on health and psychosocial outcomes. Twenty four primary care facilities (12 public and private each) were randomized to provide either collabor…
Experiences of stigma and discrimination of people with schizophrenia in India
Experiences of stigma and discrimination faced by family caregivers of people with schizophrenia in India
Stigma associated with schizophrenia significantly affects family caregivers, yet few studies have examined the nature and determinants of family stigma and its relationship to their knowledge about the condition. This paper describes the experiences and determinants of stigma reported by the primary caregivers of people living with schizophrenia (PLS) in India. The study used mixed methods and was nested in a randomised controlled trial of commu…
Adaptation of problem-solving therapy for primary care to prevent late-life depression in Goa, India
BACKGROUND: Depression in late life is a major, yet unrecognized public health problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The dearth of specialist resources, together with the limited ability of current depression treatments to avert years lived with disability, underscores the need for preventive interventions that can be delivered by lay health workers in primary care settings. We describe the development of an intervention for the in…
Estimating Farm Production Parameters with Measurement Error in Land Area
I provide a new method for correcting and assessing bias from measurement error in land area and apply it to estimating two important sets of parameters: the relationship between farm size and productivity and farm production function coefficients. Traditionally, researchers have measured area using farmer self-reporting, which is prone to (nonclassical) measurement error. In response, recent papers use area estimates from global positioning syst…
Developing a Mental Health Measurement Strategy to Capture Psychological Problems among Lower Caste Adolescent Girls in Rural, South India
Adolescent girls vulnerable to early marriage and school dropout in rural India may be at elevated risk of psychosocial problems. However, few screening instruments have been culturally adapted and validated to measure this risk. This paper describes the process by which the Primary Health Questionnaire PHQ-9, a screening instrument for depression, was tested for cultural validity as part of the Samata evaluation - an intervention to support low …
What factors influence engagement with primary mental health care services? A qualitative study of service user perspectives in rural communities of Mexico
Low engagement with mental health treatment, including a lack of help-seeking and low subsequent attendance to treatment, are important challenges to the provision of mental healthcare. In settings with high levels of poverty, such as rural Mexican communities, low engagement may be aggravated by the limited availability of mental health services and existing barriers to access these services. This qualitative study was conducted to investigate f…
Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries
As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received care at traditional and faith healers' (TFHs) facilities in three cultural groups in Sub-Saharan Africa. A purposive sample of 85 individuals in Ibadan (Nigeria), Kumasi (Ghana), and Nairobi (Kenya) were interviewed. Data was …
Beyond “Ch'jurnaaq”
Psychotic conditions are major causes of disability in Latin America, where mental healthcare is mostly limited and inadequate. Indigenous People throughout this region experience additional barriers to mental health care, compounded by structural inequities and diverse health practices. This study in Guatemala described the Maya Indigenous People’s perceptions about psychosis, its symptoms, causes, responses to, and recovery. Results will inform…
Mental Health Treatment and Access (15 obras) · Psychiatry (14 obras) · Psychology (14 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Mental health (10 obras) · Schizophrenia research and treatment (8 obras) · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (6 obras) · Qualitative research (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras)