ReviewCommunity mental health journal2022
A Critical Overview of Mental Health-Related Beliefs, Services and Systems in Uganda and Recent Activist and Legal Challenges.
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- Treatment of Perinatal Depression and Correlates of Treatment Response Among Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Uganda.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Trial
- Pathways to suicide attempts in rural Uganda: a qualitative study of survivors, family members, and healthcare providers, and community health workers.International journal of mental health · 2026Article
- Experiences of adults who survived suicide attempts in rural Uganda: Stigma, support systems and reintegration.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- A comprehensive review of mental health services across selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa: assessing progress, challenges, and future direction.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Macropsychology: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Psychology Literature on Public Policy and Law.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Misunderstood and underappreciated: a critical review of mental health advocacy and activism in low- and middle-income countries.Health policy and planning · 2024Review
- Mad activisms in mental health: a integrative review.Salud colectiva · 2023Review
- Reflections from a Pandemic Era Editor.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- Special Series Introduction: Activist & Community Perspectives on Mental Health/Psychosocial Disability from the Global South.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
As is true throughout the world, Ugandans with lived experience of mental illness, including survivors and those still in treatment or care, have been historically disregarded and mistreated. In Uganda specifically, the treatment and perception of those with mental illness has been historically interwoven with cultural beliefs about witchcraft and spirit possession, as well as the introduction and implementation of Western psychiatric practices (and institutions) during Uganda's colonial period. Both have contributed to punitive practices, stigma and social rejection. Ugandan laws and human rights policies have also largely failed to ensure the rights and community inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities. Moving toward the present, a growing movement of human rights advocates have attempted to challenge practices that continue to promote exclusion and coercion. This brief overview of the history of mental health services in Uganda seeks to provide deeper context for current reform efforts.
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