Teaching psychiatry to undergraduate medical students in Somalia.
Journal: International psychiatry : bulletin of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
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Affiliated Institutions:
Specialist Registrar in Psychiatry, Co-Lead of the King's-THET Somaliland Partnership Mental Health Group, South London and Maudsley Trust, London, UK, email laureninsomaliland@gmail.com.
Consultant Psychiatrist, Springfield University Hospital, London, UK.
Regional Advisor, Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Lead, King's THET Somaliland Partnership, King's Centre for Global Health, King's College London, UK.
Abstract summary
This paper describes a pilot project in which (for the first time, worldwide) psychiatry was taught to undergraduate medical students in Somalia using an evidence-based intervention - the World Health Organization's Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide.
Authors & Co-authors:
Gavaghan Lauren L
Hughes Peter P
Saeed Khalid K
Whitwell Susannah S
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Citations :
Barbui, C., Dua, T., van Ommeren, M., et al. (2010) Challenges in developing evidence-based recommendations using the GRADE approach: the case of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders. PLoS Medicine, 7(8), e1000322. doi:10.1371/journal. pmed.1000322.
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1749-3676
Study Population
Male,Female
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Country of Study
Mali
Publication Country
England