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Non-Randomized Studies (funded, eHealth) (203) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (913) Diagnostic Tools in Mental Health (443) Mental Health Issues in Adolescence (765) New Diagnostic Tools and Instruments for Pediatrics (70) Computer-Aided Diagnosis (427)

Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/98369, first published .
Young boy using a smartphone on a dusty soccer field in Africa

Measurement-Based Mental Health Care for Adolescents in Africa: Protocol for a Computerized Adaptive Test

Measurement-Based Mental Health Care for Adolescents in Africa: Protocol for a Computerized Adaptive Test

Authors of this article:

Bianca Moffett1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mary Bitta2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Darryn Williams1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jonathan Doenz5 Author Orcid Image ;   Holly Erskine6, 7, 8 Author Orcid Image ;   Constance Mabia9 Author Orcid Image ;   Tamera Nkuna1 Author Orcid Image ;   Stash Gomes1 Author Orcid Image ;   Alastair van Heerden10 Author Orcid Image ;   Marguerite Marlow11 Author Orcid Image ;   Joemer Maravilla6, 7, 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Tomlinson11, 13 Author Orcid Image ;   Michelle Craske14 Author Orcid Image ;   Mary-Anne Hartley5 Author Orcid Image ;   Robert Gibbons15 Author Orcid Image
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Bianca Moffett   1 , MD ;   Mary Bitta   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Darryn Williams   1 , MSc ;   Jonathan Doenz   5 , MSc ;   Holly Erskine   6, 7, 8 , PhD ;   Constance Mabia   9 , BA ;   Tamera Nkuna   1 , BA ;   Stash Gomes   1 , MA ;   Alastair van Heerden   10 , PhD ;   Marguerite Marlow   11 , PhD ;   Joemer Maravilla   6, 7, 12 , PhD ;   Mark Tomlinson   11, 13 , PhD ;   Michelle Craske   14 , PhD ;   Mary-Anne Hartley   5 , MD, PhD ;   Robert Gibbons   15 , PhD

1 SAMRC/Wits-Agincourt, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

2 Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University Nairobi, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

3 Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

4 Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

5 Laboratory for Intelligent Global Health and Humanitarian Response Technologies, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

6 School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

7 Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Wacol, Queensland, Australia

8 University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA, United States

9 Aves Mental Health, Nairobi, Kenya

10 School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

11 Institute for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

12 Institute of Health Sciences and Nursing, Far Eastern University, Manilla, National Capital Region, Philippines

13 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

14 Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

15 Department of Medicine and Department of Public Health Sciences (Biostatistics), University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Bianca Moffett, MD
  • SAMRC/Wits-Agincourt, School of Public Health
  • Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
  • 27 St Andrew's Road, Parktown
  • Johannesburg, Gauteng 2193
  • South Africa
  • Phone: 27 117172085
  • Email: bianca.moffett@wits.ac.za