Abstract

Research into psychosis in adolescents is important in Africa in view of the high burden of mental disorders and prevalence of risk factors such as child maltreatment implicated in the etiology of mental health problems. In this paper, we synthesized the existing literature on psychosis in adolescents in Africa to understand current developments and chart a pathway for robust research agenda on psychosis. A search was conducted on electronic databases, including Africa Index Medicus and Scopus and selected journals for papers. Google, Google Scholar, reference list of papers selected for inclusion in the review and study authors were contacted for additional papers and grey literature. A total of 11 articles were included in this review and discussed under the following thematic areas:(1) assessment of psychosis; (2) prevalence of psychosis; (3) demographic/psychosocial correlates of psychosis; (4) clinical correlates of psychosis; (5) substance misuse and psychosis; and (6) psychosis literacy and help-seeking behavior. A pathway for research into psychosis centering on the representation of psychosis, risk and protective factors, management/treatment of psychosis and aforementioned thematic areas was proffered.

摘要

鉴于精神障碍的高负担和与精神健康问题病因有关的虐待儿童等风险因素的普遍存在，对青少年精神病的研究在非洲很重要。在本文中，我们综合了关于非洲青少年精神病的现有文献，以了解当前的发展，并为健全的精神病研究议程制定路径。对电子数据库进行了搜索，包括 Africa Index Medicus 和 Scopus 以及选定的论文期刊。谷歌、谷歌学术、被选中纳入审查的论文参考列表和研究作者被联系以获取其他论文和灰色文献。本综述共纳入 11 篇文章，并在以下主题领域进行了讨论：(1) 精神病的评估；(2) 精神病患病率；(3) 精神病的人口统计学/社会心理相关因素；(4) 精神病的临床相关性；(5) 物质滥用和精神病；(6) 精神病素养和求助行为。提供了以精神病的表现、风险和保护因素、精神病的管理/治疗和上述主题领域为中心的精神病研究途径。