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Does mental health matter? Commentary on the provision of mental health services in Mozambique

Part of: BJPsych International Country Profiles Collection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kupukai Mlambo
Kupukai Mlambo*
Affiliation:
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Stevenage CDAT, Stevenage, UK, email zimboi@hotmail.com
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Despite attempts made in recent years to address the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in Mozambique, service provision remains deficient. The present paper focuses on the attitudes to mental illness and its diagnosis and treatment in Mozambique. This paper is based on both a thorough literature search and on the results of qualitative interviews carried out with six individuals of Mozambican origin now living in the UK.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , May 2012 , pp. 36 - 38
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