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The burden of mental disorder in Sierra Leone: a retrospective observational evaluation of programmatic data from the roll out of decentralised nurse-led mental health units

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa the treatment gap for mental disorders is high. In 2009, 98.0% of people with mental illness in Sierra Leone were not receiving treatment, partly due to the absence of public psychiatric facilities outside the capital. In response, the Ministry of Health and Sanitat...

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Autores principales: Hopwood, Helen, Sevalie, Stephen, Herman, Moshi Optat, Harris, Dawn, Collet, Katharine, Bah, Abdulai Jawo, Beynon, Fenella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33832523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00455-1