Contemporary Issues in Mental Health Care in sub-Saharan Africa editors Olayinka Omigbodun, Femi Oyebode

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ibadan Medical Specialist Group, author.

Contributor:

Oyebode, Femi., Editor.

Omigbodun, Olayinka, Editor.

Ibadan Medical Specialist Group, author.

Series:

Ibadan Medical Specialists Group

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychiatry.

Mental health.

Medical care.

Health services.

Mental diseases.

Africa south of Sahara.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 250 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ibadan : Book Builders Editions Africa, 2017

Summary:

Seventy percent of the global burden of mental disorders is located in low and middle income countries (LMIC),including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, in Africa,only 0.62% of the national health budget is allocated to mental health compared to a global median of 2.8% and 5% in Europe. The government is the source of funding in 62%of patients with severe mental disorder in the World Health Organisation (WHO), Africa Region, the lowest of all the WHO regions, and lower compared to a global median of 79%. This is compounded by poor resources, with mental health outpatient facilities in WHO Africa Region being less that 10% of the global median. To address these problems, the WHO launched its Mental Health Action Gap Programme (mhGAP) in 2008, to scale-up mental health services in low and middle income countries (LMIC). The book is directed to all policy makers in sub-Saharan Africa to aid decision making about the urgent need for sustainable and relevant mental health care strategies, and the important areas that need priority. The book should be helpful to local and international researchers in formulating research questions relevant to the African continent and it will be of interest to medical practitioners and students in the region as adjunct to standard text books

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789789211746

9789211740

OCLC:

1090437409