Use of participatory, action and research methods in enhancing awareness of mental disorders in Kariobangi, Kenya

Worldwide, mental disorders affect 450 million people and account for 15% of the overall burden of diseases from all causes (World Health Organization, 2001). Two-thirds of those affected do not receive adequate care owing to stigma, discrimination, neglect and poverty. The World Health Organization...

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Autores principales: Othieno, Caleb J., Kitazi, Nelly, Mburu, James, Obondo, Anne, Mathai, Muthoni A., Loewenson, Rene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507975
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spelling pubmed-67348622019-09-10 Use of participatory, action and research methods in enhancing awareness of mental disorders in Kariobangi, Kenya Othieno, Caleb J. Kitazi, Nelly Mburu, James Obondo, Anne Mathai, Muthoni A. Loewenson, Rene Int Psychiatry Original Paper Worldwide, mental disorders affect 450 million people and account for 15% of the overall burden of diseases from all causes (World Health Organization, 2001). Two-thirds of those affected do not receive adequate care owing to stigma, discrimination, neglect and poverty. The World Health Organization (2001) found that only 1% of the total health expenditure went to mental health in most countries. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734862/ /pubmed/31507975 Text en © 2009 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 Use of participatory, action and research methods in enhancing awareness of mental disorders in Kariobangi, Kenya
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