A comparative study of mental health services in two African countries: South Africa and Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack-Ide I. O
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
African Countries

scholarly journals Provision of mental health services in Nigeria

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olufemi Olugbile ◽  
M. P. Zachariah ◽  
O. Coker ◽  
O. Kuyinu ◽  
B. Isichei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
The Past ◽  
Trained Personnel

Nigeria, like other African countries, is short of personnel trained in mental healthcare. Efforts to tackle the problem have often focused on increasing the numbers of psychiatrists and nurses in the field. These efforts, over the past 20 years, have not appeared to have greatly improved service delivery at the grass roots. Most of the specialist centres where such highly trained personnel work are in urban areas and for a large part of the population access to them is limited by distance and cost.

A Comparative Study Among Residential Mental Health Services That Apply Different Rehabilitation Programs

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1663
Author(s):  
A. Vaccaro ◽  
C. Zoppellaro ◽  
A. Catania ◽  
F. Bianchetti ◽  
F. Parisio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs

Clinical psychology service distribution and integration into primary health care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-402
Author(s):  
Evy-Terressah Busisiwe Siyothula
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Service Distribution ◽  
The Impact

Inadequate investment in mental health care by the governments of both high- and low-income countries contributes to recurrent challenges of uneven distribution of and access to mental health services between urban and non-urban communities. While recent research has acknowledged the role of mental health in well-being and the cost of failure to invest in the sector, prioritising mental health to the same degree as physical health remains a challenge. This article highlights the unequal distribution of mental health services, and psychological services in particular, in KwaZulu-Natal. This is achieved by considering the background of psychology in South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal and then examining the ratio of clinical psychologists to the KwaZulu-Natal population. Furthermore, the article explores the geographical distribution of psychological services in KwaZulu-Natal and concludes with a discussion of the impact of uneven mental health service distribution on service provision and utilisation in non-urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal.

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