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Africa: the traumatised continent, a continent with hope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

F. G. Njenga ,
P. Kigamwa  and
M. Okonji
F. G. Njenga
Affiliation:
Kenya Psychiatric Association, PO Box 73749, Nairobi, Kenya, email [email protected]
P. Kigamwa
Affiliation:
Kenya Psychiatric Association, PO Box 73749, Nairobi, Kenya, email [email protected]
M. Okonji
Affiliation:
Kenya Psychiatric Association, PO Box 73749, Nairobi, Kenya, email [email protected]
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Abstract

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Many African countries gained political independence in the 1960s and 1970s and went through difficult times in economic, political and security terms in the 1980s and early 1990s. Mental health services and research were not spared and stagnated or deteriorated during this period. The effects of poor governance, inequitable distribution of resources and environmental degradation conspired with natural and man-made disasters (wars in particular) to drive Africa into an abyss of despair.

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Thematic Paper – Terrorism
Information
International Psychiatry , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2003 , pp. 4 - 7
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2003

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