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Outpatient Mental Health Services in Mozambique: Use and Treatments.

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Wagenaar, BH; Cumbe, V; Raunig-Berhó, M; Rao, D; Kohrt, BA; Stergachis, A; Napúa, M; Sherr, K
Published in: Psychiatr Serv
June 1, 2016

To describe current outpatient mental health service use and treatments in Mozambique, the authors reviewed registry entries for 2,071 outpatient psychiatric visits at the Beira Central Hospital in Sofala Province from January 2012 to September 2014. Service use was most common for schizophrenia, followed by epilepsy, delirium, and organic behavioral disorders. Only 3% of consultations for schizophrenia were first-visit patients. Treatment seeking among women was more likely for mood and neurotic disorders and less likely for substance use disorders and epilepsy. First-generation antipsychotics, most often paired with promethazine, dominated treatment regimens. Evidence-based reforms are needed to improve identification of mood disorders and broaden care beyond severe mental disorders.

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Psychiatr Serv

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EISSN

1557-9700

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

Volume

67

Issue

6

Start / End Page

588 / 590

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Registries
  • Psychiatry
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Outpatients
  • Mozambique
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Wagenaar, B. H., Cumbe, V., Raunig-Berhó, M., Rao, D., Kohrt, B. A., Stergachis, A., … Sherr, K. (2016). Outpatient Mental Health Services in Mozambique: Use and Treatments. Psychiatr Serv, 67(6), 588–590. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500508
Wagenaar, Bradley H., Vasco Cumbe, Manuela Raunig-Berhó, Deepa Rao, Brandon A. Kohrt, Andy Stergachis, Manuel Napúa, and Kenneth Sherr. “Outpatient Mental Health Services in Mozambique: Use and Treatments.Psychiatr Serv 67, no. 6 (June 1, 2016): 588–90. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500508.
Wagenaar BH, Cumbe V, Raunig-Berhó M, Rao D, Kohrt BA, Stergachis A, et al. Outpatient Mental Health Services in Mozambique: Use and Treatments. Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Jun 1;67(6):588–90.
Wagenaar, Bradley H., et al. “Outpatient Mental Health Services in Mozambique: Use and Treatments.Psychiatr Serv, vol. 67, no. 6, June 2016, pp. 588–90. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201500508.
Wagenaar BH, Cumbe V, Raunig-Berhó M, Rao D, Kohrt BA, Stergachis A, Napúa M, Sherr K. Outpatient Mental Health Services in Mozambique: Use and Treatments. Psychiatr Serv. 2016 Jun 1;67(6):588–590.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychiatr Serv

DOI

EISSN

1557-9700

Publication Date

June 1, 2016

Volume

67

Issue

6

Start / End Page

588 / 590

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Registries
  • Psychiatry
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Outpatients
  • Mozambique
  • Mental Health Services
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Humans