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M. Taghi Yasamy
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 12
Citations - 1898
M. Taghi Yasamy is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 12 publications receiving 1626 citations.
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Depression: a global public health concern
M. Marcus,M. T. Yasamy,M Van Ommeren,Dan Chisholm,Shekhar Saxena,M. Taghi Yasamy,Van Ommeren m,Mark van Ommeren,D. J Chrisholm +8 more
TL;DR: Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide in terms of total years lost due to disability and the demand for curbing depression and other mental health conditions is on the rise globally.
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Evidence-Based Guidelines for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Summary of WHO Recommendations
Tarun Dua,Corrado Barbui,Nicolas Clark,Alexandra Fleischmann,Vladimir Poznyak,Mark van Ommeren,M. Taghi Yasamy,José Luis Ayuso-Mateos,Gretchen L. Birbeck,Colin Drummond,Melvyn Freeman,Panteleimon Giannakopoulos,Itzhak Levav,I. S. Obot,Olayinka Omigbodun,Vikram Patel,Michael Phillips,Martin Prince,Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar,Atif Rahman,Josemir W. Sander,John B. Saunders,Chiara Servili,Thara Rangaswamy,Jürgen Unützer,Peter Ventevogel,Lakshmi Vijayakumar,Graham Thornicroft,Shekhar Saxena +28 more
TL;DR: The recent WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) intervention guide that provides evidence-based management recommendations for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders is summarized.
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Interventions for common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Atif Rahman,Jane Fisher,Peter Bower,Stanley Luchters,Thach Duc Tran,M. Taghi Yasamy,Shekhar Saxena,Waquas Waheed +7 more
TL;DR: In LAMI countries, the burden of CPMDs can be reduced through mental health interventions delivered by supervised non-specialists, whichBenefits to the child included improved mother-infant interaction, better cognitive development and growth, reduced diarrhoeal episodes and increased immunization rates.
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Non-specialist psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual disability or lower-functioning autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review.
TL;DR: In a systematic review, the evidence that non-specialist care providers in community settings can provide effective interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities or lower-functioning autism spectrum disorders is assessed.
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Challenges in developing evidence-based recommendations using the GRADE approach: the case of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders.
Corrado Barbui,Tarun Dua,Mark van Ommeren,M. Taghi Yasamy,Alexandra Fleischmann,Nicolas Clark,Graham Thornicroft,Suzanne Hill,Shekhar Saxena +8 more
TL;DR: The use and adaptation of the GRADE approach in developing the guidelines for the WHO mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) are described.