Volunteering in a mental health service in Uganda: challenges and rewards.

Journal: BJPsych international

Volume: 16

Issue: 4

Year of Publication: 

Affiliated Institutions:  ST General Adult Psychiatry, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency, Psychiatry, Belfast BT RL, UK. Email: fiona.martin@northerntrust.hscni.net.

Abstract summary 

Fiona Martin is a psychiatry trainee who spent 6 months volunteering in a mental health service in Uganda between her core and higher psychiatry training. In this article, she reflects upon this experience, including the challenges and rewards, and in particular the benefits to training of such an experience.

Authors & Co-authors:  Martin Fiona F

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Citations :  Keikelame M. J. & Swartz L. (2015) ‘A thing full of stories’: traditional healers’ explanations of epilepsy and perspectives on collaboration with biomedical health care in Cape Town. Transcult Psychiatry, 52(5), 659–680.
Authors :  1
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1192/bji.2019.6
SSN : 2056-4740
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
Transcultural psychiatry;education and training;human rights;low- and middle-income countries
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Uganda
Publication Country
England