Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real opportunities

Recent reports have highlighted human rights concerns in Ugandan mental healthcare. This article describes the current situation in terms of healthcare funding and provision, concerns regarding legislation, and health inequalities. Possible reasons for the difficult situation are briefly discussed,...

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Autores principales: Molodynski, Andrew, Cusack, Christina, Nixon, Jurua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017
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Psychiatry under Restrictive Conditions
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093962
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description Recent reports have highlighted human rights concerns in Ugandan mental healthcare. This article describes the current situation in terms of healthcare funding and provision, concerns regarding legislation, and health inequalities. Possible reasons for the difficult situation are briefly discussed, including the economy, pervasive stigma and ongoing unrest in the region. We then describe some encouraging initiatives in Uganda that are empowering those with mental health problems to have a better quality of life and identify opportunities for change.
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spelling pubmed-56630252017-11-02 Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real opportunities Molodynski, Andrew Cusack, Christina Nixon, Jurua BJPsych Int Psychiatry under Restrictive Conditions Recent reports have highlighted human rights concerns in Ugandan mental healthcare. This article describes the current situation in terms of healthcare funding and provision, concerns regarding legislation, and health inequalities. Possible reasons for the difficult situation are briefly discussed, including the economy, pervasive stigma and ongoing unrest in the region. We then describe some encouraging initiatives in Uganda that are empowering those with mental health problems to have a better quality of life and identify opportunities for change. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5663025/ /pubmed/29093962 Text en © 2017 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/).
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title_fullStr Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real opportunities
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title_short Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real opportunities
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093962
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