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Dr Biksegn Yirdaw

Assistant Professor Mental Health

United Kingdom

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I am an Assistant Professor in Public Mental Health at the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health in London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). I am working for the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) and doing mental health-oriented research in infectious disease outbreaks. I am also a deployable staff member of the UK-PHRST to support the integration of MHPSS services during emergencies in low- and middle-income countries.

Affiliations
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Dynamics
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Teaching
I teach Epidemiology of Non-communicable Disease, design and evaluation of Mental Health Programmes and Introduction to Global Mental Health courses. I mentor and supervise MSc students in Global Mental Health.

Research

My research priority includes implementation and evaluation of mental health interventions in a wider context including in public health emergencies and general healthcare settings.

Selected Publications
Depression and academic performance among youths in armed conflict areas in North Wollo, Ethiopia: Structural equation modeling
Tareke, M; YIRDAW, BA; Mossie, TB; Gebeyehu, A; Gelaye, B; Azale, T;
2025
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
Effectiveness of psychological crisis interventions during infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of Randomized Control Trials
YIRDAW, BA; Sunglao, JA; ALKASABY, M; Eaton, J;
2025
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
Integrating mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into infectious disease outbreak response: Results of an expert consensus study.
YIRDAW, BA; Moussallem, M; ALKASABY, M; Asmar, MK; Alves, V; Mamba, DN; Tolba, B; Kyalo, CW; Hussain, M; Dafwat, J; Kagaayi, G; Nkhoma, D; EATON, J; Walker, IF;
2024
IJID Regions
Management of generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder in general health care settings: new WHO recommendations.
Gray, B; Asrat, B; Brohan, E; Chowdhury, N; Dua, T; Van Ommeren, M;
2024
World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
Effectiveness of school-based psychological interventions for the treatment of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Tareke, M; Asrat Yirdaw, B; Gebeyehu, A; Gelaye, B; Azale, T;
2023
PloS one
Gender-based violence and its associated factors among internally displaced women in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
Workie, K; Tinsae, T; Salelew, E; Asrat, B;
2023
BMC Women's Health
Prevalence of undernourishment and associated factors among adults with major depressive disorder at two public hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
Tesfa, H; Jara, D; Woyiraw, W; Bogale, EK; Asrat, B;
2022
BMJ open
Level of anxiety symptoms and its associated factors among nurses working in emergency and intensive care unit at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Belayneh, Z; Zegeye, A; Tadesse, E; Asrat, B; Ayano, G; Mekuriaw, B;
2021
BMC nursing
Acceptability and feasibility of peer-administered group interpersonal therapy for depression for people living with HIV/AIDS-a pilot study in Northwest Ethiopia.
Asrat, B; Lund, C; Ambaw, F; Schneider, M;
2021
Pilot and feasibility studies
Multimorbidity of chronic non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.
Abebe, F; Schneider, M; Asrat, B; Ambaw, F;
2020
Journal of comorbidity
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Biksegn Yirdaw

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