Dr Tasneem Kathree

Senior Researcher

Dr Tasneem Kathree (PhD) is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research in Health systems (CRH). Her interests are in in health systems strengthening, integrated mental health care, and maternal mental health.

Her current roles include:

  • ENHANCE (Evidence led co-created health systems strengthening interventions for multiple long-term conditions) Project Manager -KZN site (UK NIHR)
  • Feasibility and acceptability of critical time intervention to support people with mental illness following post- acute hospital discharge in South Africa(Incorporating a task-shared approach for mental health (NIH) Co-Investigator
  • Scaling up training for health care workers in the SMhINT psychoeducational package (A task-shared approach for mental health) (Anova Health Institute) -Principal Investigator
  • Development of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection tool for adolescents: CMED-A in Umhlathuze in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (A task-shared approach for mental health) Formative research towards developing the tool (SAMRC -SIR) -Principal Investigator
  • Co-development and assessment of accuracy and feasibility, including limited efficacy of a community mental health education and detection tool for children and adolescents (CMED-C) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (A task-shared approach for mental health) (ChildMind Institute) -Co-Investigator
  • Researcher (UKMRC)Strengthening the community sub-system for people-centred care in South Africa (NCE) Senior Researcher

Previous research studies include Southern African Research Consortium for Mental health INTegration (SMhINT) (A task-shared approach for mental health within a whole systems context), and the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) (A task-shared approach for mental health within a whole systems context.

Awards: Dr Kathree was awarded a College of Health Sciences (UKZN) Early Career Research Development award in 2021.

Teaching and Learning: Postgraduate supervision of Masters and Doctoral students

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8451-9197          H-index: 13 [Scopus]       H-index: 15 [Google Scholar]      

Click here for a complete list of her published work.

Contact Details

  • +27 (0)31 260 1700
  • Kathree@ukzn.ac.za

Publications

Challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated mental health care: a situation analysis from five low- and middle-income country districts. Hanlon C, Luitel NP, Kathree T, Murhar V, Shrivasta S, Medhin G, Ssebunnya J, Fekadu A, Shidhaye R, Petersen I, Jordans M, Kigozi F, Thornicroft G, Patel V, Tomlinson M, Lund C, Breuer E, De Silva M, Prince M. Challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated mental health care: a district level situation analysis from five low- and middle-income countries. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 18;9(2):e88437. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088437. PMID: 24558389; PMCID: PMC3928234

Maternal mental health in primary care in five low- and middle-income countries: a situational analysis. Emily C Baron, Charlotte Hanlon, Sumaya Mall, Simone Honikman, Erica Breuer, Tasneem Kathree, Nagendra P Luitel, Juliet Nakku, Crick Lund, Girmay Medhin, Vikram Patel, Inge Petersen, Sanjay Shrivastava, Mark Tomlinson. BMC Health Serv Res 16.1-16       

The feasibility of a Community Mental Health Education and Detection (CMED) tool in South Africa. Grant M, Bhana A, Kathree T, Khuzwayo N, Janse van Rensburg A, Mthethwa L, Petersen I. SSM – Mental Health 2023, 3, 100188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.1001884.

Management of depression in chronic care patients using a task-sharing approach in a real-world primary health care setting in South Africa: Outcomes of a cohort study. Kathree T, Bachmann M, Bhana A, Grant M, Mntambo N, Gigaba S, Kemp C, Rao D, Petersen I. Community Ment Health J. 2023 Mar 24. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01108-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36964282

Effectiveness of a task-sharing collaborative care model for identification and management of depressive symptoms in patients with hypertension attending public sector primary care clinics in South Africa: pragmatic parallel cluster randomised controlled trial. Petersen I, Fairall L, Zani B, Bhana A, Lombard C, Folb N, Selohilwe O, Georgeu-Pepper D, Petrus R, Mntambo N, Kathree T, Bachmann M, Levitt N, Thornicroft G, Lund C. J Affect Disord. 2021 Mar 1;282:112-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.123. Epub 2020 Dec 28. PMID: 33412490.

Kathree, T. and Petersen, I., 2012. South African Indian women screened for postpartum depression: a multiple case study of postpartum experiences. South African Journal of Psychology, 42(1), pp.37-50.

Hanlon, C., Luitel, N.P., Kathree, T., Murhar, V., Shrivasta, S., Medhin, G., Ssebunnya, J., Fekadu, A., Shidhaye, R., Petersen, I. and Jordans, M., 2014. Challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated mental health care: a district level situation analysis from five low-and middle-income countries. PloS one, 9(2), p.e88437.

Egbe, C.O., Brooke-Sumner, C., Kathree, T., Selohilwe, O., Thornicroft, G. and Petersen, I., 2014. Psychiatric stigma and discrimination in South Africa: Perspectives from key stakeholders. BMC psychiatry, 14(1), p.191.

Kathree, T., Selohilwe, O.M., Bhana, A. and Petersen, I., 2014. Perceptions of postnatal depression and health care needs in a South African sample: the “mental” in maternal health care. BMC women’s health, 14(1), p.140.

Makan, A., Fekadu, A., Murhar, V., Luitel, N., Kathree, T., Ssebunya, J. and Lund, C., 2015. Stakeholder analysis of the Programme for Improving Mental health carE (PRIME): baseline findings. International journal of mental health systems, 9(1), p.27.

Baron, E.C., Hanlon, C., Mall, S., Honikman, S., Breuer, E., Kathree, T., Luitel, N.P., Nakku, J., Lund, C., Medhin, G. and Patel, V., 2016. Maternal mental health in primary care in five low-and middle-income countries: a situational analysis. BMC health services research, 16(1), p.53.

Bhana, A., Rathod, S.D., Selohilwe, O., Kathree, T. and Petersen, I., 2015. The validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire for screening depression in chronic care patients in primary health care in South Africa. BMC psychiatry, 15(1), p.118.

Petersen, I., Fairall, L., Bhana, A., Kathree, T., Selohilwe, O., Brooke-Sumner, C., Faris, G., Breuer, E., Sibanyoni, N., Lund, C. and Patel, V., 2015. Integrating mental health into chronic care in South Africa: the development of a district mental healthcare plan. The British journal of psychiatry, pp.bjp-bp.

Chisholm, D., Burman-Roy, S., Fekadu, A., Kathree, T., Kizza, D., Luitel, N.P., Petersen, I., Shidhaye, R., De Silva, M. and Lund, C., 2016. Estimating the cost of implementing district mental healthcare plans in five low-and middle-income countries: the PRIME study. The British journal of psychiatry, 208(s56), pp.s71-s78.

Bhana, A., Rathod, S.D., Selohilwe, O., Kathree, T. and Petersen, I., 2017. Characteristics and correlates of alcohol consumption among adult chronic care patients in North West Province, South Africa. SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 107(7), pp.636-642.

Petersen, I., Rathod, S., Kathree, T., Selohilwe, O. and Bhana, A., 2017. Risk correlates for physical-mental multimorbidities in South Africa: a cross-sectional study. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, pp.1-9.

Petersen I, Bhana A, Folb N, Thornicroft G, Zani B, Selohilwe O, Petrus R, Mntambo N, Georgeu-Pepper D, Kathree T, Lund C, Lombard C, Bachmann M, Gaziano T, Levitt N, Fairall L, on behalf of the PRIME reach team. Collaborative care for the detection and management of depression among adults with hypertension in South Africa: study protocol for the PRIME-SA randomised controlled trial. (in press October 2017)

Fairall L, Petersen I, Zani B, Folb N, Georgeu-Pepper D, Selohilwe O, Petrus R, Mntambo N, Bhana A, Lombard C, Bachmann M, Lund C, Hanass-Hancock J, Chisholm D, McCrone P, Carmona S, Gaziano T, Levitt N, Kathree T, Thornicroft G. Collaborative care for the detection and management of depression among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: study protocol for the CobALT randomised controlled trial. (in press March 2018).