Correctional psychiatry in Nigeria: dynamics of mental healthcare in the most restrictive alternative

Nigeria has poorly structured services for correctional mental health driven by a mix of socioeconomic and legal factors. The archaic asylum systems established in the early part of the 20th century under the Lunacy ordinance of 1916 are no longer fit for purpose. The present strategy is to provide...

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Autores principales: Ogunlesi, A. O., Ogunwale, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Psychiatry under Restrictive Conditions
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29953117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.13
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description Nigeria has poorly structured services for correctional mental health driven by a mix of socioeconomic and legal factors. The archaic asylum systems established in the early part of the 20th century under the Lunacy ordinance of 1916 are no longer fit for purpose. The present strategy is to provide mental healthcare for mentally abnormal offenders within some prisons in the country. The current models for this are poorly staffed and underfunded. Adoption of task-shifting approaches based on evidence-based strategies within the context of professional innovation, government commitment and international collaboration should help to develop and sustain the needed correctional psychiatry services.
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spelling pubmed-60209042018-06-27 Correctional psychiatry in Nigeria: dynamics of mental healthcare in the most restrictive alternative Ogunlesi, A. O. Ogunwale, A. BJPsych Int Psychiatry under Restrictive Conditions Nigeria has poorly structured services for correctional mental health driven by a mix of socioeconomic and legal factors. The archaic asylum systems established in the early part of the 20th century under the Lunacy ordinance of 1916 are no longer fit for purpose. The present strategy is to provide mental healthcare for mentally abnormal offenders within some prisons in the country. The current models for this are poorly staffed and underfunded. Adoption of task-shifting approaches based on evidence-based strategies within the context of professional innovation, government commitment and international collaboration should help to develop and sustain the needed correctional psychiatry services. Cambridge University Press 2018-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6020904/ /pubmed/29953117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2017.13 Text en © The Authors 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work.
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