Abstract Background While South Africa has a new policy framework supporting the
integration of mental health care into primary health care, this is not sufficient to ensure …

This paper summarizes the findings for the African Region of the WPA Task Force on Steps,
Obstacles and Mistakes to Avoid in the Implementation of Community Mental Health Care …

Background: Knowledge about postnatal depression (PND) and associated risk factors
which influence the development of PND is vital for early detection, intervention and …

There has been a longstanding call to employ trained interpreters to address language
barriers in health care in South Africa. The international literature shows that while trained …

Mental health services in South Africa and Nigeria were compared using the reports of
World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS) …

Primary mental healthcare nurses are an essential workforce that provide necessary
inpatient psychiatric treatment. Continuity of care has become a significant aspect of the …

Background Studies in mental health care for low resource settings indicate that providing
services at primary care level would significantly improve provision and utilisation of mental …

The prevalence of mental illness is on the rise, and there are many people with chronic or
severe mental disorders who are unaware that they have a diagnosable disorder. It is …

Objective: Mental health literacy is especially important during adolescence and youth,
because the peak of the onset of mental disorders occurs in this period. The present study …

Background Mental health services for Rivers State and surrounding States in the Niger
Delta region of Nigeria are provided only at the neuropsychiatric Rumuigbo Hospital in Port …