Scaling up mental health services in Sudan: Sudanese psychiatrists' opinions.

Journal: BJPsych international

Volume: 17

Issue: 4

Year of Publication: 

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan. Email: abdelgadir@yahoo.com.

Abstract summary 

We invited 108 psychiatrists of Sudanese origin, working in and outside Sudan, to take part in a study looking at the most appropriate method for scaling up mental health services in Sudan. Of those psychiatrists who were approached, 81 (75%) responded. Among the respondents, 30 (37%) resided and worked in Sudan, and 51 (63%) worked outside Sudan (mostly in the UK and Arab Gulf States). Most respondents preferred the lay counsellor model (43, 53.2%) to address the current shortage of human resources for scaling up mental health services.

Authors & Co-authors:  Osman Abdelgadir Hussein M AHM Bakhiet Aisha A Elmusharaf Samia S Omer Abdelaziz A Abdelrahman Abdalla A

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  World Health Organization. mhGAP: Mental Health Gap Action Programme: Scaling up Care for Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders. WHO, 2008.
Authors :  5
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1192/bji.2020.17
SSN : 2056-4740
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
Scaling up mental health services;Sudan;capacity building;mental health
Study Design
Study Approach
Country of Study
Sudan
Publication Country
England