Correctional psychiatry in Nigeria: dynamics of mental healthcare in the most restrictive alternative

Autor:	A. O. Ogunlesi, A. Ogunwale
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Mental healthcare Psychiatry and Mental health Government medicine.medical_specialty Political science medicine Context (language use) Psychiatry under Restrictive Conditions Psychiatry Mental health Socioeconomic status
Zdroj:	BJPsych International
ISSN:	2058-6264 2056-4740
Popis:	Nigeria has poorly structured services for correctional mental health driven by a mix of socioeconomic and legal factors. The archaic asylum systems established in the early part of the 20th century under the Lunacy ordinance of 1916 are no longer fit for purpose. The present strategy is to provide mental healthcare for mentally abnormal offenders within some prisons in the country. The current models for this are poorly staffed and underfunded. Adoption of task-shifting approaches based on evidence-based strategies within the context of professional innovation, government commitment and international collaboration should help to develop and sustain the needed correctional psychiatry services.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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