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Brandon A. Kohrt is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research spans fields including psychology and health professions, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, and health.

The scientist's work covers various topics centered on mental health and well-being. These topics include:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Community Health and Development
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Brandon A. Kohrt has contributed to multiple notable papers published in recognized venues. Some of their recent papers include:

  • "COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health," 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health," 2022, The Lancet
  • "Reducing mental illness stigma in healthcare settings: Proof of concept for a social contact intervention to address what matters most for primary care providers," 2020, Social Science & Medicine
  • "Cortisol and development of depression in adolescence and young adulthood - a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2021, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Transforming mental health systems globally: principles and policy recommendations," 2023, The Lancet

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health
  • SSM - Mental Health
  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • Journal of Adolescent Health

Brandon A. Kohrt collaborates with several co-authors regularly. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Christian Kieling
  • Valeria Mondelli
  • Helen L. Fisher
  • Mark J. D. Jordans
  • Nagendra P. Luitel

Best Publications

  • Psychological Treatments for the World: Lessons from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Daisy R. Singla;Brandon A. Kohrt;Laura K. Murray;Arpita Anand

  • COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health.

    Lola Kola;Lola Kola;Brandon A Kohrt;Charlotte Hanlon;Charlotte Hanlon;John A Naslund

  • The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health

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  • Non-communicable disease syndemics: poverty, depression, and diabetes among low-income populations.

    Emily Mendenhall;Brandon A Kohrt;Shane A Norris;David Ndetei;David Ndetei

  • Income inequality and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the association and a scoping review of mechanisms.

    Vikram Patel;Jonathan K. Burns;Monisha Dhingra;Leslie Tarver

  • Accuracy of the PHQ-2 Alone and in Combination With the PHQ-9 for Screening to Detect Major Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Brooke Levis;Brooke Levis;Ying Sun;Chen He;Yin Wu;Yin Wu

  • Therapist competence in global mental health: Development of the ENhancing Assessment of Common Therapeutic factors (ENACT) rating scale

    Brandon A. Kohrt;Mark J.D. Jordans;Sauharda Rai;Sauharda Rai;Pragya Shrestha

  • Estimating between- and within-individual variation in cortisol levels using multilevel models

    Daniel J. Hruschka;Brandon A. Kohrt;Carol M. Worthman

  • Evaluation of a classroom‐based psychosocial intervention in conflict‐affected Nepal: a cluster randomized controlled trial

    Mark J.D. Jordans;Ivan H. Komproe;Wietse A. Tol;Brandon A. Kohrt;Brandon A. Kohrt

  • Cultural concepts of distress and psychiatric disorders: literature review and research recommendations for global mental health epidemiology

    Brandon A Kohrt;Andrew Rasmussen;Bonnie N Kaiser;Emily E Haroz

  • The Role of Communities in Mental Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Review of Components and Competencies.

    Brandon A. Kohrt;Laura Asher;Anvita Bhardwaj;Mina Fazel

  • How is depression experienced around the world? A systematic review of qualitative literature

    E E Haroz;M Ritchey;Judith K Bass;Brandon A Kohrt

  • Nepali Concepts of Psychological Trauma: The Role of Idioms of Distress, Ethnopsychology and Ethnophysiology in Alleviating Suffering and Preventing Stigma

    Brandon A. Kohrt;Brandon A. Kohrt;Daniel J. Hruschka

  • “Thinking too much”: A systematic review of a common idiom of distress

    Bonnie N. Kaiser;Bonnie N. Kaiser;Emily E. Haroz;Brandon A. Kohrt;Paul A. Bolton

  • Comparison of mental health between former child soldiers and children never conscripted by armed groups in Nepal

    Brandon A. Kohrt;Mark J.D. Jordans;Wietse A. Tol;Rebecca A. Speckman

  • Research Review: Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers - a systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research

    Theresa Stichick Betancourt;Ivelina Borisova;Timothy P Williams;Sarah E Meyers-Ohki

  • Detection of depression in low resource settings: validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and cultural concepts of distress in Nepal

    Brandon A. Kohrt;Brandon A. Kohrt;Nagendra P. Luitel;Prakash Acharya;Mark J. D. Jordans;Mark J. D. Jordans

  • Navigating diagnoses: understanding mind-body relations, mental health, and stigma in Nepal.

    Brandon A. Kohrt;Ian Harper

  • Validation of cross-cultural child mental health and psychosocial research instruments: adapting the Depression Self-Rating Scale and Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Nepal

    Brandon A Kohrt;Mark J D Jordans;Wietse A Tol;Nagendra P Luitel

  • Promises and pitfalls of data sharing in qualitative research.

    Alexander C. Tsai;Alexander C. Tsai;Alexander C. Tsai;Brandon A. Kohrt;Lynn T. Matthews;Theresa S. Betancourt

  • Neuropsychological functioning as a moderator of the relationship between psychosocial functioning and the subjective experience of self and life in schizophrenia

    John S. Brekke;Brandon Kohrt;Michael F. Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Wietse A. Tol
Wietse A. Tol Johns Hopkins University
Carol M. Worthman
Carol M. Worthman Emory University
Crick Lund
Crick Lund University of Cape Town
Valeria Mondelli
Valeria Mondelli King's College London
Joop T. V. M. de Jong
Joop T. V. M. de Jong University of Amsterdam
Charlotte Hanlon
Charlotte Hanlon King's College London
Alexander C. Tsai
Alexander C. Tsai Harvard University
Lawrence S. Wissow
Lawrence S. Wissow University of Washington
Kathleen J. Sikkema
Kathleen J. Sikkema Columbia University

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