Sociocultural considerations of mental health care and help-seeking in Uganda

被引：4
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作者：
Asiimwe, Ronald [1 ]
Nuwagaba-K, Racheal D. [2 ]
Dwanyen, Lekie [1 ]
Kasujja, Rosco [3 ]
机构：
[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Human Dev & Family Studies, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA
[2] Indiana Univ Penn, Dept Counseling, Indiana, PA USA
[3] Makerere Univ, Dept Mental Hlth, Kampala, Uganda
来源：
SSM-MENTAL HEALTH | 2023年 / 4卷
关键词：
Mental health; Socio-cultural considerations; Stigma; Uganda; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; CHILD MALTREATMENT; SOUTH-AFRICA; DISTRICTS; DEPRESSION; WAR; PERCEPTIONS; HIV; PROFESSIONALS; INTERVENTION;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ssmmh.2023.100232
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Sociocultural factors largely shape how communities conceptualize, express, and respond to mental and relational health problems. This paper reviews and summarizes literature on mental health in Uganda, with specific attention to Uganda's mental health policy, relevant sociocultural idioms of distress, and considerations. We include a discussion on stigma, as one key response to mental and relational health problems in Uganda. Further, we use clinical examples from Uganda to describe salient and common sociocultural idioms of distress that shape how Ugandans experience and express various mental health problems, and subsequent help-seeking behaviors. We end with a discussion by offering implications for sociocultural experiences and considerations to improve mental health service delivery in Uganda.
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