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Mental health services in sub-Saharan Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Skuse
David Skuse*
Affiliation:
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, London WC1 1EH, UK, email d.skuse@ich.ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Within the continent of Africa, mental health services are relatively undeveloped. In the sub-Saharan countries of Malawi, Kenya and Nigeria, similar problems are faced by dedicated psychiatrists who are struggling to create and sustain an educational, management and political structure for psychiatry.

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Thematic Papers — Introduction
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International Psychiatry , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 28 - 29
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008
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