“.. A timely step-by-step quick guide to management of mental health problems during the global Pandemic and beyond…”
Dr Mwawi Ng’oma, Program Manager, St John of God Hospitaller Services, Malawi.
“Malawi, like much of sub-Saharan Africa, faces a vast treatment gap for mental health with its low numbers of specialised mental health personnel. This burden of untreated mental disorders is unlikely to be addressed if health care workers do not integrate mental health care in their routine clinical practice. This guide will serve as a practical resource for primary health workers, enabling them to deliver mental health care”
Dr Kazione Kulisewa, Psychiatrist and Head of Department of Psychiatry and Mental health, College of Medicine, University of Malawi
“The Malawi Quick Guide to Mental Health has come out at the right time when mental health services are on demand due to the heightened stress, worries and anxiety resulting from the global pandemic. As such, the guide will be handy to the health care workers in provision of mental health care.”
Dr Michael Udedi, Assistant Director of Clinical Services - Mental Health & Substance Abuse, Ministry of Health, Malawi.
“This a very welcome and handy resource for health care workers both at primary and secondary levels in Malawi. One of the barriers to quality mental health care in our country has been the in availability of standard guidelines for assessment and treatment of common mental health conditions. This handbook is therefore a major step towards the improvement of the quality of lives of individuals suffering from various forms of mental illness. It is my sincere hope that health care workers will optimally use this important resource”
Dr Saulos Gondwe, Director of Research and Clinical Services, St John of God Hospitaller Services, Malawi.
“This new clinical guide fills a critical gap in mental health care in Malawi. It is written by contributors who have substantial first-hand clinical experiences and knowledge of mental health in Malawi, and is welcome as a concise, up-to-date, practical reference for front-line health workers. Sections of the book outline the diagnosis and management of the mental disorders for which people most frequently come to clinics to get help. This book is a big advance for mental health care and hopefully will be very widely used.”
Prof Douglas Blackwood, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatric Genetics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.