mental healthchildren and adolescentsMalawicultural differencesIn Malawi, there is a high prevalence of mental disorders in children and adolescents. However, access to specialized care is scarce due to a lack of public policies, resources, and cultural factors. In this context, the aim of this ...
in May 2020, it particularly aims to support non-specialist healthcare workers who find themselves caring for people with mental disorders for the first time. In Malawi, there are three Consultant Psychiatrists for a population of approximately 20 million people. It is clear that we cannot rely ...
Intersections between stigma and mental health are also more frequently being documented in the context of infectious diseases, with significant impacts on resilience and quality of life. Concerted efforts are therefore needed to evaluate the forms and manifestations of stigma in infectious diseases and ...
Health service utilization by patients with common mental disorder identified by the SRQ-20 in a primary care setting in Zomba, Malawi : a descriptive study ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Health service utilization by people with mental health problems seem to be a large public health issue, especi...
These studies, alongside the current study are summarized in Table 1. In the Zomba district of Malawi, Baird et al. (2013) examine the effects of an NGO-run cash transfer on mental health among female youth aged 13 to 22. Experimental estimates show that unconditional and conditional cash ...
Mental health services in Malawi are centralized in the three tertiary units which are located one in each of the three regions of Malawi and this means that most people with mental health problems do not get help. With severe shortages of mental health professionals in the country, integration...
Stigma and discrimination faced by adolescents living with HIV and experiencing depression in Malawi Maria Faidas Melissa A. Stockton Bradley N. Gaynes Research Open access 01 July 2024 Article: 39 “This is an illness. No one is supposed to be treated badly”: community-based stigma assess...
Life history analysis of HIV/AIDS-affected households in rice and cassava-based farming communities in Northern Malawi The New Variant Famine hypothesis proposed that AIDS offers a major challenge to food security in this part of Africa by impairing the functioning of tradi... M Yajima,A Van Hui...
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This paper examines how cultural, historical and contemporary perspectives of mental health continue to inform ways of understanding and responding to mental distress even under the biomedical gaze of the Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH). Based on experiences in Malawi, the authors explore th...