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  1. Adolescents’ awareness of and attitudes towards alcohol and substance use in Kenya

    Article • BMC Public Health, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  2. A Pilot Study of Alcohol and Substance Use, Mental Health Symptoms, and Social Vulnerabilities Among Youth in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements

    Article • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, December 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  3. Cumulative adverse childhood experiences and their association with depression and anxiety: a cross-sectional study of youth living in informal urban settings in Kenya

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, September 2025, Frontiers

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  4. Comorbidity and temporal associations between mental disorders among college students in the world mental health international college student initiative

    Article • Psychiatry Research, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  5. Childhood adversities and their associations with mental disorders in the World Mental Health International College Student surveys initiative

    Article • Psychiatry Research, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  6. The associations of childhood adversities and mental disorders with suicidal thoughts and behaviors - Results from the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative

    Article • Psychiatry Research, August 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  7. Review: A pilot study of alcohol and substance use, mental health symptoms and social vulnerabilities among youth in Nairobi’s informal settlements — R0/PR3

    Article • August 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  8. Prevalence, age-of-onset, and course of mental disorders among 72,288 first-year university students from 18 countries in the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric Research, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  9. The relationships between sporadic and repetitive non-suicidal self-injury and mental disorders among first-year college students: results from the World Mental Health International College Student Initiative

    Article • Psychological Medicine, January 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  10. 12-month substance use disorders among first-year university students in Kenya

    Article • PLOS One, November 2023, PLOS

    FLORENCE JAGUGA, Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  11. Student peer mentoring: Feasibility and acceptability of mHealth-based tool for alcohol and substance abuse prevention by peer mentors at a university in Kenya

    Article • PLOS Digital Health, January 2023, PLOS

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  12. Alcohol and substance use among first-year students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya: Prevalence and patterns

    Article • PLOS One, August 2020, PLOS

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka

  13. mHealth-based peer mentoring for prevention of alcohol and substance abuse among first year university students: protocol for quasi-experimental intervention

    Article • Journal of Substance Use, May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine Mawia Musyoka