Mental health in developing countries

Mental Health in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities in Introducing Western Mental Health System in Uganda

BACKGROUND Despite decades of disagreement among mental health practitioners and researchers in the Western world pertaining to the causation, classification and treatment of mental disorders there is an ongoing push to implement western mental health models in developing countries. Little information exists on the adaptability of western mental health models in developing countries. METHOD T...

Mental health and poverty in developing countries: revisiting the relationship.

The relationship between poverty and mental health has received considerable attention in the recent literature. However, the associations presented in existing studies typically rely on limited samples of individuals and on proxy indicators for poverty such as education, the lack of tap water, or being unemployed. We revisit the relationship between poverty and mental health using data from na...

Impediments to implementing evidence-based mental health in developing countries.

Social dimensions of child mental health in developing countries.

Recent reports 1,2 have pointed to an alarming increase in the global burden of mental disorders. These reports indicate that the impact of mental disorders has been heavily underestimated not only in the developed world but also in developing regions. when disability as well as death is taken into account. For example, unipolar major depression, ranked fourth in the world league of disabling d...

Mental health and the workplace: issues for developing countries

The capacity to work productively is a key component of health and emotional well-being. Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) are associated with reduced workplace productivity. It is anticipated that this impact is greatest in developing countries. Furthermore, workplace stress is associated with a significant adverse impact on emotional wellbeing and is linked with an increased risk of CMDs. This r...