Dr. Wendel Dwight Abel

Research Interests

• An evaluation of Homelessness in Jamaica
• The Role of the Family as Case Managers in the Mental Health Care Services
• Sociodemographic Characteristics of Deportees in Community Residential Facilities
• Prevalence of Depression and itsCo-morbidity in Jamaica
• The effect of a redesigned teaching curriculum on medical students' performance in the final examination at the University of the West Indies
• Analysis of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination in the UWI MBBS Examination
• Outcome of homeless persons with mental illness, treated in two intervention programmes in Jamaica
• Suicide in Jamaica 1996-2002
• Co-morbidity and depression in medical clinics at the University Hospital of the West Indies
• A study of the use of open medical wards versus specialist psychiatric units for treatment of patients with acute psychoses

Citations

Book, Chapter

• Abel, Wendel, McCallum, Mylie, Hickling, Frederick W., Gibson, Roger. Mental services and public policy in Jamaica

Journal, Article

• Hickling, Frederick W., Morgan, Kai A., Abel, Wendel D., Denbow, Charles E., Ali, Z., Nicholson, G. D., Sinquee, C.. A Comparison of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination Results Across Campuses of the University of the West Indies.
• Abel, Wendel D., Forrester, S., Martin, J., Fox, Kristin. Sexual Behaviour Among Adolescents in Jamaica [Abstract]
• Abel, Wendel D., Lewis, E., McCallum, M., Hickling, Frederick W.. Evaluation of community treatment programmes for the homeless mentally ill in Jamaica [abstract ]
• Abel, Wendel, Martin, J.S.. Suicide: A preventable public health problem
• Lowe, Gillian, Lipps, Garth, Abel, Wendel D, Brown, A., Hickling, Frederick W.. Evaluation of Body Image Satisfaction Among Adolescents from Three High Schools in Kingston, Jamaica [Abstract]
• Abel, Wendel D., Pierre, Russell B., Barton-Forbes, Michelle, Hickling, Frederick W.. Interviewing Skills of Students in the Final Psychiatry Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) [Abstract]
• Abel, Wendel D, Denbow, Charles E., Ali, Z., Dockery, K., Hickling, Frederick W.. Reliability and Validity of the Final Examination in Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of the West Indies [Abstract]
• Morgan, Kai A., Robertson-Hickling, Hilary, Abel, Wendel D. Social and Demographic Characteristics of Mentally Ill Deportees. [Abstract]
• Morris, A., Abel, Wendel D, Pierre, Russell B., Hickling, Frederick W.. Students' Performance in the Final Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) [Abstract]
• Abel, W.D., Gibson, R. C., Hickling, Frederick W.. Depression: A major public health problem facing the Caribbean
• Lowe, Gillian, Lipps, Garth, Abel, Wendel D, Brown, A., Hickling, Frederick W.. A Socio-Demographic Profile of 4th Form Students Screened for Depression in Three High Schools in Kingston [Abstract]
• Abel, Wendel .D., Aquart, Althea, Morris, A., Gibson, R.C., Hickling, Frederick W.. Medical Students' Performance in the Final Examination in Medicine and Therapeutics [Abstract]
• Lowe, Gillian, Lipps, Garth, Abel, Wendel D., Brown, A., Hickling, Frederick W.. Depression Among Fourth Form Students inThree High Schools in Kingston [Abstract]
• Abel, Wendel D., Morgan, Kai A., Hickling, Frederick W.. Evaluating the impact of redesigning the psychiatric undergraduate curriculum on medical students' performance in the final MBBS examination at the University of the West Indies, Mona [abstract]
• Abel, Wendel D, Bourne, Paul A, Hamil, Hayden K, Thompson, Eulalee M, Martin, Jacqueline S, Gibson, Roger C, Hickling, Frederick W.. A public health and suicide risk in Jamaica from 2002 to 2006.
• Abel, Wendel D., Hickling, Frederick W. A comparative study of outcome of clients in a community residential facility and mental hospital in Jamaica [abstract]
• Gibson, R. C. , Morgan, K. A. , Abel, W. D. , Hickling, Frederick W. . Changing the research culture at the Section of Psychiatry, the University of the West Indies, Mona
• Abel, Wendel D., Milbourn, P., Sewell, C., Gibson, R.C., Hickling, Frederick W.. Characteristics of Abused Children and Adolescents Attending a Specialised Clinic [Abstract]
• Gibson, R. C. , Abel, W. D. , White, S. , Hickling, Frederick W. . Internalizing stigma associated with mental illness: findings from a general population survey in Jamaica
• Abel, Wendel D., Fox, Kristin, Forrester, S., Hickling, Frederick W.. Antisocial and Aggresssive Behaviour: Prevalence and Risk Factors [Abstract]
• Abel, Wendel D., Halliday, S., McCallum, M., Gibson, R.C., Hickling, Frederick W.. Knowledge and Attitude of Health Workers Towards Mental Health [Abstract]
• Hickling, Frederick. W. , Abel, Wendel D. , Garner, P. , Rathbone, J. . Open general medical wards versus specialist psychiatric units for acute psychoses

Conference Proceedings

• Robertson-Hickling, Hilary, Abel, Wendel D., Hickling, Frederick W.. Evaluating the effectiveness of teams in the delivery of mental health in Jamaica
• Martin-Cooke, J.S., HIckling, Frederick W., Abel, W.D.. Validation of the Jamaican personality disorder inventory
• Walcott, G.O., Hickling, Frederick W., Abel, W., Martin-Cooke, J.. Prevalence of personality disorder in an impatient populationof the psychiatric service of the University Hospital of the West Indies
• Abel, Wendel. Risk behaviour among adolescents in Jamaica
• Abel, Wendel. Integrating mental health services in primary care in low and medium income countries.
• Abel, Wendel. Mental health recommendations for CARICOM member states
• Abel, Wendel. CARICOM – A Mental Health Report

Electronic Citation

• Hickling, Frederick W., Abel, Wendel D., Garner, P.. Open General Medical Wards versus Specialist Psychiatric Units for Acute Psychoses

Postgraduate Advisement:

• Sue,Joy
• Martin,Jacqueline
• Sewell,Clayton