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Mental health care in Uganda - The Lancet Psychiatry

(3 days ago) WEBDuring the opening of mental health month (May, 2022), officials from the Ministry of Health in Uganda stated that about 14 million people of the 43·7 million population have a mental illness. The approximate prevalence of about 32·0% was higher than in previous …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00305-4/fulltext

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Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Uganda

(4 days ago) WEBMental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Uganda. 15 April 2022. Technical document. Download (591.6 kB)

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-uga-2020-country-profile

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Prevalence of depression in Uganda: A systematic review and meta

(3 days ago) WEBUganda is a landlocked low-income country that has been affected by multiple adverse events, including civil wars, extreme poverty, high rates of HIV, various …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9584512/

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Mental health in Uganda - American Psychological …

(Just Now) WEBThe article has been corrected to state that “In Uganda, mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are a major public health burden.” WHO-AIMS report (2006). Mental Health System in …

https://www.apa.org/international/global-insights/uganda-mental-health

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Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Uganda: a Systematic Review

(1 days ago) WEBThe prevalence of current depressive disorders was 22.2% (95% C.I 9.2% - 35.2%) in children and 21.2% (95% C.I 16.8% - 25.6%) in adults. Eating disorder and psychotic …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34427855/

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Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Uganda: a Systematic - Springer

(Just Now) WEBMental disorders encompass health conditions commonly characterised by unexpected disturbance in a person’s cognition, emotion and behavioural control, …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11126-021-09941-8

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Prevalence of depression in Uganda: A systematic …

(3 days ago) WEBBackground Depression is one of the most studied mental health disorders, with varying prevalence rates reported across study populations in Uganda. A systematic review and meta-analysis was …

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276552

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Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real

(3 days ago) WEBUganda spends 9.8% of gross domestic product on healthcare, or US$146 annually per person. Less than 1% of this goes into mental healthcare, compared with …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663025/

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Mental health care in Uganda - The Lancet

(5 days ago) WEBDuring the opening of mental health month (May, 2022), oicials from the Ministry of Health in Uganda stated that about 14 million people of the 43·7 million population have a …

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanpsy/PIIS2215-0366(22)00305-4.pdf

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Prevalence of mental disorders in Uganda: a systematic : JBI

(3 days ago) WEBThe successful planning and implementation of interventions to improve health services for people with mental disorders in any country like Uganda require reliable prevalence …

https://journals.lww.com/jbisrir/Fulltext/2018/08000/Prevalence_of_mental_disorders_in_Uganda__a.5.aspx

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Uganda who aims report 29 05 08 - World Health Organization

(7 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Uganda is located in East Africa with a geographical area of approximately 236,040 square kilometers. At the time of this assessment, the country had a population …

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/who-aims-country-reports/uganda_who_aims_report.pdf?sfvrsn=465d79fe_3&download=true

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Child and adolescent mental health services in Uganda

(7 days ago) WEBWorldwide, one in five children and adolescents suffer from mental health disorders, while facing limited opportunities for treatment and recovery. Growing up, they …

https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-021-00491-x

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Mental Health Crisis in Uganda - Northwestern University

(2 days ago) WEBThe estimated incidence of mental illnesses is massive: 35% of Ugandans suffer from a mental illness, and 15% of Ugandans require treatment. It is likely that the …

https://sites.northwestern.edu/globemed/2020/08/25/mental-health-crisis-in-uganda/

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The silent mental health crisis among men in Uganda

(1 days ago) WEBThe prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in Uganda is estimated at 12.4% and the prevalence of alcohol dependence is estimated at 4.2% among males. …

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmjgh/2023/10/22/the-silent-mental-health-crisis-among-men-in-uganda/

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Breaking the stigma around mental illness in Uganda - BBC News

(6 days ago) WEB21 February 2015. Joseph Atukunda has spent much of his life campaigning for a better understanding of mental health. In Uganda the stigma around people with mental …

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31557295

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Child and adolescent mental health services in Uganda - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBAkol et al. 2017 [ 22] Eastern Uganda. To describe an in-service CAMH (Child and adolescent mental health) training for non-specialist health workers in …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336399/

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Unveiling the Silent Struggle: The Burden of Mental Health in …

(6 days ago) WEBThe intersection of mental health and physical health forms a tangled web that demands comprehensive intervention strategies. As the layers of mental health …

https://dailyexpress.co.ug/2023/08/12/unveiling-the-silent-struggle-the-burden-of-mental-health-in-uganda/

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(PDF) Mental healthcare in Uganda: desperate challenges but real

(2 days ago) WEBUganda spends 9.8% of gross domestic product. on healthcare, or US$146 annually per person. Less tha n 1% of this goes into mental healt hcare, compared with …

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320812855_Mental_healthcare_in_Uganda_desperate_challenges_but_real_opportunities

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Sociocultural considerations of mental health care and help …

(7 days ago) WEBIn Uganda, the subject of mental health has gained increased attention in recent years, with most initiatives focused on attempts to decentralize and integrate …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560323000476

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COVID-19 and adolescent girls’ mental health in Uganda: A panel …

(4 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic and associated mitigating measures are expected to aggravate the mental health challenges of adolescents. Poor mental health among …

https://online.ucpress.edu/agh/article/2/1/1798880/196895/COVID-19-and-adolescent-girls-mental-health-in

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Victimisation in the life of persons with severe mental illness in

(5 days ago) WEBVictimisation of persons with severe mental illness is recognised as an urgent global concern, with literature pointing to higher rates of violent victimisation of …

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-024-05720-4

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Mental health services in Uganda - PMC - National Center for

(3 days ago) WEBMembership includes all psychiatrists practising in Uganda, while other mental health workers, such as psychiatric clinical officers, psychologists and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6733109/

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Charities Aiding the Public Health Crisis in Uganda

(7 days ago) WEBCompounding this issue is the inadequacy of mental health services and the lack of the necessary resources for effective intervention. The influx of refugees into …

https://borgenproject.org/public-health-crisis-in-uganda/

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Home - Mental Health Uganda

(5 days ago) WEBOur mission is “To create a unified voice of people that influences the provision of required services and opportunities for people with psychosocial disabilities in Uganda.”. We are …

https://www.mentalhealthuganda.org/

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Unpacking gender-specific risk and protective factors for mental …

(5 days ago) WEBDOI: 10.1080/20008066.2024.2334190 Corpus ID: 269008048; Unpacking gender-specific risk and protective factors for mental health status among Congolese refugees in …

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Unpacking-gender-specific-risk-and-protective-for-Lambert-Karugahe/383e4898ea16aa8a08e2e582cc8b1bdbfa861a52

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Shortage of psychiatrists in Uganda worries WHO - GhanaWeb

(1 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the high number of mental health illnesses in Uganda amidst shortage of trained psychiatrists. Dr Yonas …

https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/africa/Shortage-of-psychiatrists-in-Uganda-worries-WHO-1928740

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An overview of Uganda's mental health care system: results from …

(3 days ago) WEBMethods. An assessment of the mental health system in Uganda in the year 2005 was conducted using the World Health Organization's Assessment Instrument for …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831025/

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