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Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers
There is a widening mental health treatment gap for children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has few economic or human resources dedicated to the mental health of children and young people. The World Health Organization’s Mental Health Gap Action Plan and the push for mental health...
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093899 |
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author | Owen, Jacqueline Phillips Baig, Benjamin Abbo, Catherine Baheretibeb, Yonas |
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description | There is a widening mental health treatment gap for children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has few economic or human resources dedicated to the mental health of children and young people. The World Health Organization’s Mental Health Gap Action Plan and the push for mental health to be included in the Millennium Development Goals have raised the profile of child mental health but comparatively few studies have estimated prevalence rates or assessed needs or tested interventions in African countries. In most countries there is no clear pathway to access treatment, especially in-patient facilities. This article considers these issues from clinical, educational and research perspectives. |
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spelling | pubmed-56196232017-11-01 Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers Owen, Jacqueline Phillips Baig, Benjamin Abbo, Catherine Baheretibeb, Yonas BJPsych Int Special Paper There is a widening mental health treatment gap for children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has few economic or human resources dedicated to the mental health of children and young people. The World Health Organization’s Mental Health Gap Action Plan and the push for mental health to be included in the Millennium Development Goals have raised the profile of child mental health but comparatively few studies have estimated prevalence rates or assessed needs or tested interventions in African countries. In most countries there is no clear pathway to access treatment, especially in-patient facilities. This article considers these issues from clinical, educational and research perspectives. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5619623/ /pubmed/29093899 Text en © 2016 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Special Paper Owen, Jacqueline Phillips Baig, Benjamin Abbo, Catherine Baheretibeb, Yonas Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers |
title | Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers |
title_full | Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers |
title_fullStr | Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers |
title_full_unstemmed | Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers |
title_short | Child and adolescent mental health in sub-Saharan Africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers |
title_sort | child and adolescent mental health in sub-saharan africa: a perspective from clinicians and researchers |
topic | Special Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093899 |
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