Mogadishu calling: mental health awareness in Somalia via an innovative, live video-based mental health teaching programme established between Liverpool and Mogadishu.

Journal: BJPsych international

Volume: 16

Issue: 2

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Affiliated Institutions:  Clinical Director for Addiction Services, Mersey Care National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool; Email: dryiabbasi@yahoo.com. Foundation Year, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool. Project Manager, Mersey Care National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool. Senior Researcher, Praxis Evaluation and Research, Liverpool. Consultant Psychiatrist, Mersey Care National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool.

Abstract summary 

In 2013 the Federal Government of Somalia contacted the Mersey Care National Health Service Foundation Trust (MCFT), asking whether they could formulate a teaching programme tailored towards improving mental health provision in Somalia, and the E-learning Mental Health Training Programme (SOM-Health) was eventually conceived. The fundamental aim was to provide mental health awareness to practitioners and trainees in Somalia so that they could deliver mental healthcare services confidently and effectively.

Authors & Co-authors:  Abbasi Yasir Y Forryan James J Ahmed Abdi A Kypriano Paul P Martinez Rebecca R

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Hooper R. (2013) Where hyenas are used to treat mental illness. BBC News [online], 17 October. Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24539989 (accessed 4 February 2017).
Authors :  5
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1192/bji.2017.30
SSN : 2056-4740
Study Population
Male,Female
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Country of Study
Mali
Publication Country
England