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Peer-reviewed
Research Article
Illness explanatory models of depression among young people in low-resource settings: A qualitative study in Ghana and Zimbabwe
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Denford Gudyanga ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Denford Gudyanga, Rebecca Jopling
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: denford.1.gudyanga@kcl.ac.uk
Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Rebecca Jopling ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Denford Gudyanga, Rebecca Jopling
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Moses Kumwenda,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
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Franklin Glozah,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Rufaro Mushonga,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Pathology, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Edith Dambayi,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Data curation
Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Christopher Ayuure,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Data curation
Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Suzanne Dodd,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Dzifa Attah,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Arnold Maramba,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Maria Anyorikeya,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Lucy Owusu,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Gloria Tawiah,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Kenneth Adde,
Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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Fabian Achana,
Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Data curation
Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Raymond Aborigio,
Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Data curation
Affiliation Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Andrea Danese,
Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Melanie Abas,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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Benedict Weobong,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Funding acquisition
Affiliations Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, York University, School of Global Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dixon Chibanda
Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization
Affiliations Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, The Friendship Bench, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Illness explanatory models of depression among young people in low-resource settings: A qualitative study in Ghana and Zimbabwe
- Denford Gudyanga,
- Rebecca Jopling,
- Moses Kumwenda,
- Franklin Glozah,
- Rufaro Mushonga,
- Edith Dambayi,
- Christopher Ayuure,
- Suzanne Dodd,
- Dzifa Attah,
- Arnold Maramba
- Published: January 27, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340267