The burden of mental disorder in Sierra Leone: a retrospective observational evaluation of programmatic data from the roll out of decentralised nurse-led mental health units

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa the treatment gap for mental disorders is high. In 2009, 98.0% of people with mental illness in Sierra Leone were not receiving treatment, partly due to the absence of public psychiatric facilities outside the capital. In response, the Ministry of Health and Sanitat...

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Published in:Int J Ment Health Syst
Main Authors: Hopwood, Helen, Sevalie, Stephen, Herman, Moshi Optat, Harris, Dawn, Collet, Katharine, Bah, Abdulai Jawo, Beynon, Fenella
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033705/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33832523
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00455-1
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