Strengthening human resources through development of candidate core competencies for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in sub-Saharan Africa : workshop summary

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Label

Strengthening human resources through development of candidate core competencies for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in sub-Saharan Africa : workshop summary

Title remainder

workshop summary

Statement of responsibility

a collaboration of the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders and the African Science Academy Development Initiative, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; rapporteurs, Diana E. Pankevich, Theresa M. Wizemann, Patricia A. Cuff, Bruce M. Altevogt

Creator

• Pankevich, Diana E., 1975-

Contributor

• Cuff, Patricia A.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders
• Wizemann, Theresa M.
• Strengthening Human Resources for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa (Workshop), 2012
• African Science Academy Development Initiative
• Altevogt, Bruce M.

Author

• Cuff, Patricia A.
• Pankevich, Diana E., 1975-
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders
• Wizemann, Theresa M.
• Altevogt, Bruce M.
• African Science Academy Development Initiative

Subject

• Mental illness -- Treatment
• Mental illness -- Treatment -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Nervous System Diseases -- therapy
• Nervous system -- Diseases | Treatment
• Nervous system -- Diseases | Treatment -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Social Security
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Social Services & Welfare
• Quality of Health Care -- organization & administration
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Substance abuse -- Treatment
• Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy
• Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Africa South of the Sahara
• Clinical Competence -- standards
• Congress
• Electronic books
• Medically Underserved Area
• Mental Disorders -- therapy

Genre

• Congress
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

One of the largest treatment gaps for mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders in the world can be seen in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 80% of people with serious MNS disorders living in low- and middle-income countries do not receive needed health services. A critical barrier to bridge this treatment gap is the ability to provide adequate human resources for the delivery of essential interventions for MNS disorders. An international workshop was convened in 2009, by the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous Systems Disorders and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) Forum on Health and Nutrition, to bring together stakeholders from across SSA and to foster discussions about improving care for people suffering from MNS disorders and what steps, with potential for the greatest impact, might be considered to bridge the treatment gap. Due to the broad interest to further examine the treatment gap, the IOM forum organized a second workshop in Kampala, Uganda on September 4 and 5, 2012. The workshop's purpose was to discuss candidate core competencies that providers might need to help ensure the effective delivery of services for MNS disorders. The workshop focused specifically on depression, psychosis, epilepsy, and alcohol use disorders. Strengthening Human Resources Through Development of Candidate Core Competencies for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: Workshop Summary outlines the presentations and discussions by expert panelists and participants of the plenary sessions of the workshop. This summary includes an overview of challenges faced by MNS providers in the SSA, perspectives on the next steps, the 2009 workshop, and more

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

NLM

Dewey number

362.1968900967

Funding information

This project was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Alzheimer's Association; CeNeRx Biopharma; the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH, Contract No. N01-OD-4-2139) through the National Eye Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research; Department of Veterans Affairs; Eli Lilly and Company; Fast Forward, LLC; Foundation for the National Institutes of Health; GE Healthcare, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, LLC; Lundbeck Research USA; Merck Research Laboratories; The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research; the National Science Foundation (Contract No. OIA-0753701); One Mind for Research; Pfizer Inc.; the Society for Neuroscience; and Wellcome Trust. The views presented in this publication are those of the editors and attributing authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

RA790.7.A357

LC item number

S77 2013eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography
• technical reports

NLM call number

• 2014 D-402
• WM 400