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Ajay Risal
Researcher at Kathmandu University
Publications - 42
Citations - 873
Ajay Risal is an academic researcher from Kathmandu University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Depression (differential diagnoses). The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 41 publications receiving 624 citations. Previous affiliations of Ajay Risal include Norwegian University of Science and Technology & Dhulikhel Hospital.
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Diagnosis, prevalence estimation and burden measurement in population surveys of headache: presenting the HARDSHIP questionnaire
Timothy J. Steiner,Timothy J. Steiner,Gopalakrishna Gururaj,Colette Andrée,Zaza Katsarava,Ilya Ayzenberg,Sheng Yuan Yu,Mohammed Al Jumah,Redda Tekle-Haimanot,Gretchen L. Birbeck,Arif D. Herekar,Mattias Linde,Edouard Mbewe,Kedar Manandhar,Ajay Risal,Rigmor Jensen,Luiz Paulo Queiroz,Ann I. Scher,Shuu Jiun Wang,Shuu Jiun Wang,Lars Jacob Stovner +20 more
TL;DR: HARDSHIP is a modular instrument incorporating demographic enquiry, diagnostic questions based on ICHD-3 beta criteria, and enquiries into each of the following as components of headache-attributed burden, which already has demonstrated validity and acceptability in multiple languages and cultures.
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Common mental disorders.
TL;DR: Integration of mental health into primary care can be considered as the stepping stone in the way forward to tackle the barriers and problems in effective management of common mental disorders in the community.
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Anxiety and depression in Nepal: prevalence, comorbidity and associations
Ajay Risal,Ajay Risal,Kedar Manandhar,Kedar Manandhar,Mattias Linde,Timothy J. Steiner,Timothy J. Steiner,Are Holen +7 more
TL;DR: Depression and anxiety are important mental health conditions in Nepal, and major contributors to public ill health, being very highly prevalent, comorbid and associated with psychosocial burden.
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The burden of headache disorders in Nepal: estimates from a population-based survey
Kedar Manandhar,Kedar Manandhar,Ajay Risal,Ajay Risal,Mattias Linde,Timothy J. Steiner,Timothy J. Steiner +6 more
TL;DR: Headache disorders, very common in Nepal, are also highly burdensome at both individual and population levels, and structured headache-care services are urgently needed in the country, and likely to be cost-saving.
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Study of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among the Medical Students in two Medical Colleges of Nepal.
TL;DR: The higher level of psychiatric morbidity depression 29.9%, anxiety 41.1% and stress 27% among undergraduate medical students warrants needs for strategic plans to alleviate depression anxiety and the stressors right from the time they join medical school and has to be continued till they finish the course.