Africa: the traumatised continent, a continent with hope

Many African countries gained political independence in the 1960s and 1970s and went through difficult times in economic, political and security terms in the 1980s and early 1990s. Mental health services and research were not spared and stagnated or deteriorated during this period. The effects of po...

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Autores principales: Njenga, F. G., Kigamwa, P., Okonji, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2003
Materias:
Thematic Paper–Terrorism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507650
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description Many African countries gained political independence in the 1960s and 1970s and went through difficult times in economic, political and security terms in the 1980s and early 1990s. Mental health services and research were not spared and stagnated or deteriorated during this period. The effects of poor governance, inequitable distribution of resources and environmental degradation conspired with natural and man-made disasters (wars in particular) to drive Africa into an abyss of despair.
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spelling pubmed-67352332019-09-10 Africa: the traumatised continent, a continent with hope Njenga, F. G. Kigamwa, P. Okonji, M. Int Psychiatry Thematic Paper–Terrorism Many African countries gained political independence in the 1960s and 1970s and went through difficult times in economic, political and security terms in the 1980s and early 1990s. Mental health services and research were not spared and stagnated or deteriorated during this period. The effects of poor governance, inequitable distribution of resources and environmental degradation conspired with natural and man-made disasters (wars in particular) to drive Africa into an abyss of despair. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2003-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6735233/ /pubmed/31507650 Text en © 2003 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_short Africa: the traumatised continent, a continent with hope
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