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Mental health in Zimbabwe: a health systems analysis

(3 days ago) WebThere has been little external analysis of Zimbabwe's mental health system. We did a systems analysis to identify bottlenecks …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(17)30128-1/fulltext

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Prevention and management of mental health conditions …

(5 days ago) WebThis report provides evidence for the long-term economic, health and social benefits of investing in mental health in Zimbabwe. First, it provides an assessment of the current mental health situation in the country, including challenges and opportunities for development of the mental health system.

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/zimbabwe/publication/prevention-and-management-mental-health-conditions-zimbabwe

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Mental Health Revolution in Zimbabwe: FRIENDZ Project …

(6 days ago) WebBy Tatenda Chimbwanda. Harare, Zimbabwe - Like most Sub-Saharan African countries, Zimbabwe faces significant challenges in meeting the Mental Health (MH) care needs of its population. With only two psychiatric hospitals and one psychiatrist for every one million people, the vast majority of Zimbabwe's 14 million population, …

https://www.afro.who.int/countries/zimbabwe/news/mental-health-revolution-zimbabwe-friendz-project-aims-reach-1-million-people

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Prevention and management of mental health conditions …

(3 days ago) WebBy investing in mental health now, Zimbabwe could save more than 11 000 lives and gain over 500 000 healthy life years in the next 20 years by reducing the incidence, duration or severity of

https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/prevention-and-management-mental-health-conditions-zimbabwe-case-investment

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UNICEF Zimbabwe calls for more attention for the mental …

(2 days ago) WebHarare, 19 May 2022 – Abuse, neglect and other adverse childhood experiences are the main preventable causes of poor mental health, UNICEF said today on the World Action Day for mental health.. Mental …

https://www.unicef.org/zimbabwe/press-releases/unicef-zimbabwe-calls-more-attention-mental-health-children-and-adolescents

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COVID-19 takes its toll on young Zimbabweans’ mental …

(5 days ago) WebA recent UNICEF Zimbabwe Mental Health Poll for Adolescents and Youths showed that 76 per cent of those surveyed were of the view that the mental health of children and adolescents had been negatively affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 and the hard national lockdowns that followed. A lot of young people could not cope with seeing their

https://www.unicef.org/zimbabwe/stories/covid-19-takes-its-toll-young-zimbabweans-mental-health

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Zimbabwe struggles to provide mental health support …

(8 days ago) WebIn 1996, lawmakers replaced Zimbabwe’s Mental Health Act of 1976, but the laws have not been updated since. Three years ago, the government launched the National Strategic Plan for Mental Health …

https://africanarguments.org/2022/08/zimbabwe-struggles-to-provide-mental-health-support-amid-rising-demand/

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Mental health UNICEF Zimbabwe

(2 days ago) WebUNICEF Zimbabwe calls for more attention for the mental health of children and adolescents. Harare, 19 May 2022 – Abuse, neglect and other adverse childhood experiences are the main preventable causes of poor mental health, UNICEF said today on the World Action Day for mental health. Mental health challenges might well impact on …

https://www.unicef.org/zimbabwe/topics/mental-health

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How counsellor-grandmothers of Zimbabwe are averting a mental …

(Just Now) WebHarare, Zimbabwe – In Zimbabwe, a country of 15 million people, there are fewer than 20 psychiatrists. And mental health issues are rife, given a litany of trauma unaddressed for decades: first

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/1/10/how-counsellor-grandmothers-of-zimbabwe-are-averting-a-mental-health-crisis

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Mental Health Talk Therapy Friendship Bench Zimbabwe

(Just Now) WebGuided by our values of empathy and connection, Friendship Bench mental health supporters provide free talk therapy and establish group support and income generation projects. We are reimagining the delivery of evidence-based mental healthcare. How counsellor-grandmothers of Zimbabwe are averting a mental health crisis. Boehringer …

https://www.friendshipbenchzimbabwe.org/

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Mental health in Zimbabwe - PMC - National Center for …

(9 days ago) WebMental health disorders. In Zimbabwe in-patients typically present with schizophrenia, substance-induced psychosis, bipolar affective disorder (mania), epilepsy or the psychiatric complications of HIV. In the psychiatric out-patient clinics and private practice, depression, substance dependency and anxiety disorders are also typical.

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734988/

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Mental health in Zimbabwe: a health systems analysis - The …

(5 days ago) WebNY 10029, USA. [email protected]. There has been little external analysis of Zimbabwe’s mental health system. We did a systems analysis to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for mental health service improvement in Zimbabwe and to generate cost-efective, policy-relevant solutions. We combined in-depth interviews with a range of

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanpsy/PIIS2215-0366(17)30128-1.pdf

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How a bench and a team of grandmothers can tackle depression

(4 days ago) WebChibanda, who is director of the African Mental Health Research Initiative and an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Zimbabwe and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181015-how-one-bench-and-a-team-of-grandmothers-can-beat-depression

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Zimbabwe grapples with substance abuse problems in pandemic

(Just Now) WebA man suffering from mental health issues poses for a photo at the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center on the outskirts of the capital Harare, Tuesday, Jan, 18, 2022. In Zimbabwe, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven up mental health problems caused by substance abuse. Health professionals are seeing a marked rise in crises …

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-zimbabwe-pandemics-mental-health-fbae0f8590e98836500d326220849c0a

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MENTAL HEALTH IN ZIMBABWE - Kushinga

(8 days ago) WebMental disorders make up 7.4% of the disability adjusted life years in 2010. and over 37% of healthy life years lost to noncommunicable diseases (Murray). This means that more healthy life years are lost to mental and behavioral disorders than either cancer or heart disease. Yet, mental health receives only 1% (or less) of health-related

https://www.kushinga.org/uploads/8/3/6/4/83640158/mh_in_zimbabwe.pdf

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How Zimbabwe's grandmothers are turning the tide on mental …

(5 days ago) WebMothers and fathers found work. An independent clinical reviewhas found that the Friendship Bench was proving a more effective treatment for depression and anxiety than conventional medical treatments or clinical therapies. Today, 400 grandmothers are helping 35,000 people on 70 benches across Zimbabwe, and there are pilots running in …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/zimbabwe-grandmothers-mental-health/

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Mental Health Act - ZimLII

(4 days ago) WebMental Health Act Chapter 15:12. Commenced on 1 January 2000 [This is the version of this document at 31 December 2016 and includes any amendments published up to 31 December 2017.] [Note: This version of the Act was revised and consolidated by the Law Development Commission of Zimbabwe] AN ACT to consolidate and

https://zimlii.org/akn/zw/act/1996/15/eng%402016-12-31

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6 Minute English / Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe - BBC

(1 days ago) WebAfter years of economic turmoil, unemployment and HIV, mental health is a huge challenge, and doctors estimate that one in four Zimbabweans suffers from depression or anxiety.

https://www.bbc.com/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english/ep-200917

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Zimbabwe: Amid Zimbabwe's Mass Exodus, Meet the Doctors and …

(7 days ago) WebHarare, Zimbabwe — Those who remain must navigate a crumbling health care system -- and the moral, physical and mental costs that come with it. At five months pregnant with her second child

https://allafrica.com/stories/202405140008.html

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Zimbabwe Launches Mental Health Strategy - WHO

(Just Now) Web02 April 2019. The Ministry of health and Child Care (MOHCC) launched a Mental Health strategy to cover the period 2019- 2023. This comes at a time when the Ministry of Health and Child Care is moving with the global thrust to promote early identification, treatment, rehabilitative and palliative services in non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

https://www.afro.who.int/news/zimbabwe-launches-mental-health-strategy

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Why suffer in silence when resources are at your disposal - MSN

(1 days ago) WebThe young generation in various Zimbabwean communities should be educated on the mental health resources available and how these bring positive results to an individual’s wellbeing.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/zimbabwe/why-suffer-in-silence-when-resources-are-at-your-disposal/ar-AA1cep02

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