Community perceptions of mental illness in rural Uganda: An analysis of existing challenges facing the Bwindi Mental Health Programme

Community perceptions of mental illness in rural Uganda: An analysis of existing challenges facing the Bwindi Mental Health Programme

Objectives: To assess community perceptions of mental illness in the Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) catchment area: to recognise beliefs about the causes and the treatments for mental illness. To provide community data to staff at BCH as they work to develop more effective community mental health p...

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Main Authors: Arya Shah, Lydia Wheeler, Kristen Sessions, Yusufu Kuule, Edwin Agaba, Stephen P. Merry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2017-10-01
Series:African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Subjects:
mental illness
community mental health
psychiatry
Uganda
low and middle income countries
Online Access:https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/1404

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