Formal comment: Diagnostic labelling of mental health in young people: Perspectives from Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Authors

• Rachel Maina, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
• Marinos Lupindo, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Charmaine Nyakonda, Grassroot Soccer, Hanover, United States of America
• Tara Carney, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
• Charity Mamathuba, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Child Mind Institute, USA
• Christine Musyimi, Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health, Kenya
• Charity Somo, University of South Africa, South Africa
• Eleanor Chatburn, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Child Mind Institute, USA

Document Type

Article

Department

Brain and Mind Institute

Publication (Name of Journal)

PLOS mental health

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000666

Recommended Citation

Maina, R., Lupindo, M., Nyakonda, C., Carney, T., Mamathuba, C., Musyimi, C., Somo, C., Chatburn, E. (2026). Formal comment: Diagnostic labelling of mental health in young people: Perspectives from Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe. PLOS mental health, 3(7), 1-5.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/bmi/515

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