Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry

Kalayu Mebrahtu Kiros, MSc, is a Lecturer and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Mekelle University and MHPSS Project Coordinator at HAQI Foundation in Ethiopia. With academic training in psychiatry and community mental health, he has over seven years of experience in clinical practice, program coordination, trauma-informed care and capacity building across post-conflict and humanitarian settings. He has delivered dozens of trainings on MHPSS, GBV, and trauma recovery to diverse professionals across Ethiopia and actively provides outpatient psychiatric care and academic supervision. Kalayu is a published author in the areas of depression, epilepsy, and mental distress, and he serves as a peer reviewer for leading journals, including BMC Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Annals of Medicine and Surgery and Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies. Kalayu’s contributions span across academia, field-based programming, and scientific publishing, making him a strong advocate for integrated mental health services and research in resource-limited and crisis-affected settings.

• Development of Photo Catalyst for the Photo Reduction of CO2 H2, Water Splitting, and Photo Degradation of Organic Pollutants.
• Antimicrobial Potential of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles from the Fruit of Azadirachta Indica a High-Valued Medicinal Plant International Journal of Chemical Kinematics.
• Improved Hydrogen Evolution Efficiency in Water Splitting with WO? Thin-film via Physical Vapor Deposition Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society.
• A Green Approach to Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis Using Glycyrrhiza glabra to Investigations Antimicrobial Applications International Journal of Chemical Kinematics.
• Psychiatry
• Psychiatric Epidemiology

1.  Lecturer and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Mekelle University – teaching, supervision, and mentorship in psychiatry and community mental health.

2.  MHPSS Project Coordinator, HAQI Foundation – program design, coordination, and delivery of psychosocial support services.

3.  Delivered more than 50 national-level trainings on MHPSS, trauma-informed care, GBV, resilience, and stress management.

4.  Provides direct clinical psychiatric care with expertise in trauma recovery, depression, anxiety, epilepsy-related mental distress, and stress management.

5.  Published author in peer-reviewed journals on depression, anxiety, epilepsy, and mental health.

6.  Peer reviewer for international journals including:

BMC Psychiatry

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies

BP International

7.  Active contributor to integrating psychiatry and psychosocial support in humanitarian and resource-limited settings.

1.  Seid, J., Kiros, K. M., & Andualem, F. (2024). Prevalence and associated factors of anxiety disorder symptoms among people with epilepsy in Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2019: Institutional-based cross-sectional study.

2.  Kiros, K. M., Seid, J., & Berhe, H. (2024). Determinants of depression among adult epileptic patients in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital and Mekelle General Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia: Case control study.

3.  Welu, S. G., Gebreslassie, H. T., Kiros, K. M., & Metekiya, W. M. (2023). Prevalence and associated factors of delirium among hospitalized patients in Mekelle Public Hospitals, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. (Preprint)

4.  Seid, J., Kiros, K. M. (2022). Prevalence and associated factors of depression among people with epilepsy in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.

5.  Seid, J., Kiros, K. M., & Andualem, F. (2022). Prevalence and associated factors of anxiety disorder symptoms among people with epilepsy in Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2019: Institutional-based cross-sectional study.

6.  Mebrahtu, Z., Tesfay, K., & Kiros, K. M. (2019). Prevalence of mental distress and suicidal ideation among undergraduate students of Mekelle University, Ethiopia. Scientific Journal of Depression & Anxiety, 3(1), 001–006.