Beliefs about the causes and treatment of common mental illnesses and suicidality in rural Uganda

Authors

• Yang Jae Lee, Yale University
• Rita Mbabazi, Empower Through Health Uganda
• Ondine Jevremov, Williams College
• Shakira Nakaweesi, Cavendish University
• Ella Brodey, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jason Wykoff, Empower Through Health Uganda
• Roshan Sivakumar, Empower Through Health Uganda
• Rauben Kazungu, Cavendish University
• Ibrahim Ssekalo, University of Bern
• Robert Rosenheck, Yale University
• Alexander C Tsai, Harvard University

Journal

BJPsych Open

Publication Date

7-8-2025

Volume

11

Issue

4

First Page

e146

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1192/bjo.2025.10066

Rights and Permissions

Lee YJ, Mbabazi R, Jevremov O, Nakaweesi S, Brodey E, Wykoff J, Sivakumar R, Kazungu R, Ssekalo I, Rosenheck R, Tsai AC. Beliefs about the causes and treatment of common mental illnesses and suicidality in rural Uganda. BJPsych Open. 2025 Jul 8;11(4):e146. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10066 This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited. © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

Recommended Citation

Lee, Yang Jae; Mbabazi, Rita; Jevremov, Ondine; Nakaweesi, Shakira; Brodey, Ella; Wykoff, Jason; Sivakumar, Roshan; Kazungu, Rauben; Ssekalo, Ibrahim; Rosenheck, Robert; and Tsai, Alexander C, "Beliefs about the causes and treatment of common mental illnesses and suicidality in rural Uganda." BJPsych Open. 11, 4. e146 (2025).
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