Integrating Egyptian mental health services into primary care: the policy maker’s perspective

Egypt has a population of roughly 80 million, served by about 9000 psychiatric beds, 1000 psychiatrists (one psychiatrist per 80 000 citizens), 1900 psychiatric nurses and about 200 clinical psychologists (Okasha, 2004). Service providers fall into three main sectors: public, private, and not-for-pr...

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Autor principal: Loza, Nasser
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010
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Thematic Paper–Mental Health Services in Primary Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508016
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description Egypt has a population of roughly 80 million, served by about 9000 psychiatric beds, 1000 psychiatrists (one psychiatrist per 80 000 citizens), 1900 psychiatric nurses and about 200 clinical psychologists (Okasha, 2004). Service providers fall into three main sectors: public, private, and not-for-profit non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The public sector is managed essentially by the Ministry of Health and bears the brunt of service provision.
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spelling pubmed-67349452019-09-10 Integrating Egyptian mental health services into primary care: the policy maker’s perspective Loza, Nasser Int Psychiatry Thematic Paper–Mental Health Services in Primary Care Egypt has a population of roughly 80 million, served by about 9000 psychiatric beds, 1000 psychiatrists (one psychiatrist per 80 000 citizens), 1900 psychiatric nurses and about 200 clinical psychologists (Okasha, 2004). Service providers fall into three main sectors: public, private, and not-for-profit non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The public sector is managed essentially by the Ministry of Health and bears the brunt of service provision. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734945/ /pubmed/31508016 Text en © 2010 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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