Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Car
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Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Car

  1. 266 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Car

About this book

Seventy percent of the global burden of mental disorders is located in low and middle income countries (LMIC), including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, in Africa, only 0.62% of the national health budget is allocated to mental health compared to a global median of 2.8% and 5% in Europe. The government is the source of funding in 62%of patients with severe mental disorder in the World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Region, the lowest of all the WHO regions, and lower compared to a global median of 79%. This is compounded by poor resources, with mental health outpatient facilities in WHO Africa Region being less that 10% of the global median. To address these problems, the WHO launched its Mental Health Action Gap Programme (mhGAP) in 2008, to scale-up mental health services in low and middle income countries (LMIC). The book is directed to all policy makers in sub-Saharan Africa to aid decision making about the urgent need for sustainable and relevant mental health care strategies, and the important areas that need priority. The book should be helpful to local and international researchers in formulating research questions relevant to the African continent and it will be of interest to medical practitioners and students in the region as adjunct to standard text books.

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Yes, you can access Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Car by Olayinka Omigbodun, Femi Oyebode, Olayinka Omigbodun,Femi Oyebode in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Health Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Book Builders
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9789789211593
eBook ISBN
9789789211746
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Health Policy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Contributors
  7. 1. Emerging Mental Health Systems in sub-Saharan Africa
  8. 2. Pathways to Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa
  9. 3. Community Psychiatry in sub-Saharan Africa
  10. 4. Community Mental Health Service Delivery at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro Abeokuta
  11. 5. Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
  12. 6. Changing Landscape of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in sub-Saharan Africa
  13. 7. Intellectual Disability (Learning Disability)
  14. 8. Psychoactive Substance Misuse in West Africa
  15. 9. Management of Older Adult Mental Health Conditions in sub-Saharan Africa
  16. 10. Culture and Mental Health
  17. 11. Interface between Historical Group Trauma and Contemporary Politics in Nigeria: The Civil War Experience
  18. 12. Mental Health Legislation in sub-Saharan Africa
  19. Index
  20. Back cover