Assoc. Prof. Darius Gishoma

Academic rank: 
Associate Professor
Email: 
gisho3@yahoo.fr
College: 
College of Medicine and Health Sciences(CMHS)
School/centre: 
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Department: 
Mental Health Nursing
Published Papers : 
  1. Gishoma, D., & Brackelaire, J. L. (2008). Quand le corps abrite l'inconcevable. Cahiers de psychologie clinique, (1), 159-183.
  2. Gishoma, D., Brackelaire, J. L., Munyandamutsa, N., Mujawayezu, J., Mohand, A. A., & Kayiteshonga, Y. (2014). Supportive-expressive group therapy for people experiencing collective traumatic crisis during the genocide commemoration period in Rwanda: Impact and implications. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2(1), 469-488.
  3. Brackelaire, J. L., Cornejo, M., & Gishoma, D. (2017). Violence politique, traumatisme et (re) création des métiers cliniques. Pour une clinique de la responsabilité sociale à partir des traumatismes psychosociaux.
  4. Musanabaganwa, C., Jansen, S., Fatumo, S., Rutembesa, E., Mutabaruka, J., Gishoma, D., ... & Mutesa, L. (2020). Burden of post-traumatic stress disorder in postgenocide Rwandan population following exposure to 1994 genocide against the Tutsi: A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 275, 7-13.        
  5. Binagwaho, A., Remera, E., Bayingana, A. U., Gishoma, D., Scott, K. W., Goosman, M., ... & Nsanzimana, S. (2021). Addressing the mental health needs of children affected by HIV in Rwanda: validation of a rapid depression screening tool for children 7–14 years old. BMC pediatrics, 21(1), 1- 8.
  6. Nsabimana, E., Rutembesa, E., Gishoma, D., Uwineza, J., Fasseur, F., Herczog, M., & Martin- Soelch, C. (2021). Does residential care system orphanize children? Perceived pathways to self - adjustment following institutionalization in Rwanda. Children and Youth Services Review, 122, 105870.
  7. Hughes, T. L., Riggle, E. D., Moreland, P., White, R., & Gishoma, D. (2021). Trauma, mental health, and health care experiences of lesbian and bisexual women in Rwanda. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
  8. Moreland, P., White, R., Riggle, E. D., Gishoma, D., & Hughes, T. L. (2019). Experiences of minority stress among lesbian and bisexual women in Rwanda. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 8(4), 196.
  9. Holli, A., Kateera, B. A., White, R., & Gishoma, D. (2018). The significance of HIV and 
    noncommunicable diseases in Africa. Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 1(1).
  10. De Almeida Mello, J., Luo, H., Hirdes, A., Heikkilä, J., Umubyeyi, B., Gishoma, D., ... & Van Audenhove, C. (2021). An International Pilot Study of Self-Reported Quality of Life in Outpatient and Inpatient Mental Health Settings. Frontiers in psychiatry, 1304.
  11. Sashidharan, S. P., White, R., Mezzina, R., Jansen, S., & Gishoma, D. (2016). Global mental health in high-income countries. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 209 (1), 3-5.
  12. Mukamusoni, J; Gishoma,D.; Sebuhoro,C. (2011). Enfants nés du viol: difficile question des origines. Hosselet-Herbignat, M. (Eds). Le corps, source de honte ou chance de liberté? N°220, P.34-40.
  13. Kanyoni, M., Gishoma, D., & Ndahindwa, V. (2015). Prevalence of psychoactive substance use among youth in Rwanda. BMC research notes, 8(1), 1-8. 
  14. Caspar, E. A., Gishoma, D., & De Saldanha da Gama, P. A. M. (2021, June 23). Obedience to authority in the aftermath of a genocide. A social neuroscience study in Rwanda. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a8r7y
Brief profile: 
His primary area of research and publication is in treatment development and evaluation of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Depression and Substance Abuse, Global Mental Health, maternal and child health and Community-based interventions
Research Area: 
Mental health.