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A situation analysis of mental health services and legislation in Ghana: challenges for transformation

Author: Ofori-Atta, A ; Read, U M ; Lund, Crick ; Flisher, Alan ; MHaPP Research Programme Consortium Date: 2010 Objective: To conduct a situation analysis of the status of mental health care in Ghana and to propose options for scaling up the provision of mental health care. Method: A survey of the existing mental health system in Ghana was conducted ... Read more
An assessment of mental health policy in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia

Author: Faydi, Edwige ; Funk, Michelle ; Kleintjes, Sharon ; Ofori-Atta, Angela ; Ssbunnya, Joshua ; Mwanza, Jason ; Kim, Caroline ; Flisher, Alan Date: 2011 BACKGROUND: Approximately half of the countries in the African Region had a mental health policy by 2005, but little is known about quality of mental health policies in Africa and globally. This paper reports the results of an assessment of ... Read more c b
Explanatory models of mental disorders and treatment practices among traditional healers in Mpumalanga South Africa

Author: Sorsdahl, Katherine Rae ; Flisher, Alan ; Wilson, Z ; Stein, Dan Date: 2010 Objective: In many traditional belief systems in Africa, including South Africa, mental health problems may be attributed to the influence of ancestors or to bewitchment. Traditional healers are viewed as having the expertise to address these ... Read more
From mental health policy development in Ghana to implementation: What are the barriers?

Author: Awenva, A D ; Read, U M ; Ofori-Attah, A L ; Doku, V C K ; Akpalu, B ; Flisher, Alan ; Lund, Crick ; Osei, A O ; Flisher, A J ; MHaPP Research Programme Consortium Date: 2010 Objective: This paper identifies the key barriers to mental health policy implementation in Ghana and suggests ways of overcoming them. Method: The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitatively, the WHO Mental Health ... Read more
Integrating mental health into primary health care in Zambia: a care provider's perspective

Author: Mwape, Lonia ; Sikwese, Alice ; Kapungwe, Augustus ; Mwanza, Jason ; Flisher, Alan ; Lund, Crick ; Cooper, Sara Date: 2010 BACKGROUND:Despite the 1991 reforms of the health system in Zambia, mental health is still given low priority. This is evident from the fragmented manner in which mental health services are provided in the country and the limited budget ... Read more c b
Mental illness - stigma and discrimination in Zambia

Author: Kapungwe, A ; Cooper, Sara ; Mwanza, J ; Mwape, L ; Sikwese, A ; Kakuma, R ; Lund, Christopher ; Flisher, Alan ; MHaPP Research Programme Consortium Date: 2010 Objective: The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the presence, causes and means of addressing individual and systemic stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness in Zambia. This is to facilitate the development of ... Read more
Psychiatric emergency service users at Groote Schuur Hospital

Author: Wilson, Don ; Flisher, Alan ; Welman, Welman Date: 2005 Objective. To document and compare the characteristics of patients assessed at a psychiatric emergency service (PES) during April and May of 1988 and 1998. Design. Two cross-sectional surveys. Setting. Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH), Cape Town. ... Read more
Stakeholder's perceptions of help-seeking behaviour among people with mental health problems in Uganda

Author: Nsereko, James ; Kizza, Dorothy ; Kigozi, Fred ; Ssebunnya, Joshua ; Ndyanabangi, Sheila ; Flisher, Alan ; Cooper, Sara ; MHaPP Research Programme Consortium Date: 2011 INTRODUCTION: Mental health facilities in Uganda remain underutilized, despite efforts to decentralize the services. One of the possible explanations for this is the help-seeking behaviours of people with mental health problems. Unfortunately ... Read more c b

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