Mental illness in Bwindi, Uganda: Understanding stakeholder perceptions of benefits and barriers to developing a community-based mental health programme

• Main Authors: Kristen L. Sessions (Author), Lydia Wheeler (Author), Arya Shah (Author), Deenah Farrell (Author), Edwin Agaba (Author), Yusufu Kuule (Author), Stephen P. Merry (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Mental illness has been increasingly recognised as a source of morbidity in low- and middle-income countries and significant treatment gaps exist worldwide. Studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of task sharing through community-based treatment models for addressing international m...