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Chronic poverty, wars and mental health: the East African perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Fred Kigozi  and
Joshua Ssebunnya
Fred Kigozi
Affiliation:
Butabika National Mental Hospital, Uganda, and Principal Investigator, Mental Health and Poverty Project
Joshua Ssebunnya
Affiliation:
Mental Health and Poverty Project, Makerere University/Butabika National Mental Hospital, Uganda
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Globally, poverty has been noted to be a high risk factor for mental disorder. Although there is limited information on the baseline prevalence of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries, the known risk factors for poor mental health, such as poverty and violence, afflict many of these areas (Miller, 2006). It is clear that poverty and the mental health consequences of war and displacement significantly hinder the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (Njenga et al, 2006).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 31 - 32
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