Mental Health Facilities In Afghanistan

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Overview and understanding of mental health and psychosocial …

(9 days ago) WEBDespite this, the mental health services across Afghanistan are insubstantial, and there is little funding for, or understanding of, mental health within the medical field. There is poor mental health literacy across Afghanistan, with much of …

https://academic.oup.com/inthealth/article/15/5/601/7230594

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Supporting Mental Health in Afghanistan - ReliefWeb

(7 days ago) WEBHealth services, including mental health services are all restricted due to a loss of funding by international donors". -- Dr. Zalmai Sinwari, mental health …

https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/supporting-mental-health-afghanistan

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The challenge of addressing the health care needs of …

(3 days ago) WEBA Particular Challenge: Mental Health. The mental health of Afghan evacuees is a particular concern. Several studies have shown that post-migration stress threatens the mental health of refugees

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-challenge-of-addressing-the-healthcare-needs-of-afghan-evacuees/

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Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: …

(3 days ago) WEBBefore 2004, the secondary mental health system in Afghanistan was limited to one 60-bed national mental hospital in Kabul and some psychiatric wards in provincial hospitals. 174 The inclusion of …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/afghan-mental-health-and-psychosocial-wellbeing-thematic-review-of-four-decades-of-research-and-interventions/EF8325AD5ADBE20F91C84811B43EE260

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IPSO - Psychosocial and Mental Health Center Kabul

(7 days ago) WEBThis is why we established our Psychosocial and Mental Health Center Kabul in 2016. It is the centre for online counseling services throughout Afghanistan and it provides more …

https://ipsocontext.org/projects/psychosocial-and-mental-health-center-kabul/

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Living through interminable adversity: the mental health of the …

(3 days ago) WEBNevertheless, important progress has been made in recent times. A milestone was the inclusion of mental health in the Basic Package of Health Services …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751564/

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Access to Care for Mental Health Problems in Afghanistan: A …

(3 days ago) WEBAfghan Mental health has been one of the Ministry of Public Health’s priorities, and became a part of the Basic Package of Health Service in 2003. 8 A …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808366/

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Mental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Afghanistan

(4 days ago) WEBMental Health Atlas 2020 Country Profile: Afghanistan. 15 April 2022. Technical document. Download (591.6 kB)

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/mental-health-atlas-afg-2020-country-profile

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WHO EMRO Mental and disability health Programmes

(8 days ago) WEBMental and disability health. Devastated by decades of war, instability and poverty, many Afghans suffer from mental health and psychosocial symptoms and problems. …

https://www.emro.who.int/afg/programmes/mental-health.html

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From Anxiety to Hope: Psychosocial Services Provide Relief for

(3 days ago) WEBFurthermore, the number of mental health facilities in Afghanistan is limited. As of last year, the country had only one psychiatric hospital, and according to …

https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/anxiety-hope-psychosocial-services-provide-relief-displaced-afghan-women

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Afghanistan’s Silent Mental Health Crisis Human …

(6 days ago) WEBDespite this, the government only spends about US$0.26 per capita on mental health, out of $7spent annually per capita on health services in general. The World Health Organization says an

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/07/afghanistans-silent-mental-health-crisis

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WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system

(4 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for donors to ramp up funding to provide healthcare to some 14 million people in Afghanistan, …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139877

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Afghanistan HealthNet TPO

(3 days ago) WEBHealthNet TPO is one of the largest health NGOs in Afghanistan, supporting the health system and communities since 1994. We work in 4 areas in Afghanistan; we …

https://www.healthnettpo.org/en/afghanistan

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Treating Afghanistan’s Invisible Mental Health Crisis

(3 days ago) WEBThe mental health crisis in Afghanistan remains an urgent and overlooked crisis. In a country where mental health services are limited and stigmatized, a hotline …

https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/treating-afghanistans-invisible-mental-health-crisis

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The children of Afghanistan need urgent mental health support

(3 days ago) WEBConflict and war are a part of daily life for Afghan children.1 A 2018 cross-sectional survey of children in Afghanistan revealed that 71% of children had experienced physical …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00155-6/fulltext

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Afghanistan: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support - ReliefWeb

(9 days ago) WEBAfghanistan Emergency Situation Report Issue 38 (Reporting Period: March 2024) Key figures (monthly) 158 313 People received emergency health care service (PHC & …

https://response.reliefweb.int/afghanistan/mental-health-and-psychosocial-support/reports

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Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: Thematic …

(5 days ago) WEBBackground: Four decades of war, political upheaval, economic deprivation and forced displacement have profoundly affected both in-country and refugee Afghan …

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-90601-001

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Improving Mental Health in Afghanistan - The Borgen Project

(5 days ago) WEBOne of the primary goals of this system is to integrate mental health services into Afghanistan’s Basic Package of Healthcare Services (BPHS). Within the …

https://borgenproject.org/mental-health-in-afghanistan/

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Afghanistan Mental Health and Psychosocial Support …

(7 days ago) WEBmental health problems. 2. To identify the coping strategies, traditional practices and structures for help-seeking behaviors among affected populations. 3. To identify the …

https://cdn1.internationalmedicalcorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMC-2023-Afghanistan-MHPSS-Report.pdf

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The Importance of Mental Health Services in Afghanistan

(4 days ago) WEBThe Basic Package of Health Service, inspired by the Mental Health Act of 1983, aims to help individuals struggling with mental health issues by ensuring they can …

https://borgenproject.org/mental-health-services-in-afghanistan/

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Kabul’s Mental Health Crisis Spirals Out of Control

(5 days ago) WEBApril 3, 2023. Patients being treated at a mental health facility in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 27, 2022. (Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) On a …

https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/kabuls-mental-health-crisis-spirals-out-of-control/

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HeRAMS Afghanistan Baseline Report 2022: Operational status of …

(9 days ago) WEBHeRAMS has been deployed in Afghanistan since November 2021 and has allowed for the assessment of 2730 health facilities across the country. The analysis …

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/herams-afghanistan-baseline-report-2022-operational-status-of-the-health-system

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