Mental health service policy, implementation and research in South Africa - are we making progress?

Mental health care user participation in mental health policy development and implementation in South Africa.

This paper describes current support for mental health care user participation in policy development and implementation in South Africa and suggests strategies for improving participation. The World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Policy Checklist and WHO Mental Health Legislation Checklist were completed. Between August 2006 and August 2009 96 semi-structured interviews with national, ...

Geriatric education in the health professions: are we making progress?

PURPOSE Relative to the overall population, older adults consume a disproportionally large percentage of health care resources. Despite advocacy and efforts initiated more than 30 years ago, the number of providers with specialized training in geriatrics is still not commensurate with the growing population of older adults. This contribution provides a contemporary update on the status of geria...

Mental health policy in Africa.

81 In 2007, a landmark series of papers on mental health appeared in The Lancet. 1 Some of the key messages emerging from the series were that mental disorders are inextricably linked with other concerns: there can be " no health without mental health " ; mental disorders affect people in all societies, but especially the disadvantaged, vulnerable and poor; mental disorders are a leading cause ...

Regulating research with decisionally impaired individuals: are we making progress?

A new mental health policy for South Africa.