Mental health profile of Ghana

Ghana is a West African state that attained independence from Great Britain in 1957 and became a republican state in 1960. Its population is about 22 million (2004 estimate), distributed in ten regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 650 000 of the population are suffering fr...

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Autor principal: Asare, J. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010
Materias:
Country Profile
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31508043
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description Ghana is a West African state that attained independence from Great Britain in 1957 and became a republican state in 1960. Its population is about 22 million (2004 estimate), distributed in ten regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 650 000 of the population are suffering from severe mental disorder and 2 166 000 are suffering from moderate to mild mental disorder (see http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/country/ghana/en).
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spelling pubmed-67349772019-09-10 Mental health profile of Ghana Asare, J. B. Int Psychiatry Country Profile Ghana is a West African state that attained independence from Great Britain in 1957 and became a republican state in 1960. Its population is about 22 million (2004 estimate), distributed in ten regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 650 000 of the population are suffering from severe mental disorder and 2 166 000 are suffering from moderate to mild mental disorder (see http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/country/ghana/en). The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2010-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734977/ /pubmed/31508043 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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