Årtier med borgerkrig har resulteret i massive psykiske problemer hos befolkningen, og det hårdt prøvede land kæmper desperat med at skaffe faciliteter, personale og behandling til dem i nød.
JUBA, 27. August, 2012 (IRIN): After a 2005 peace deal with Khartoum, aid agencies poured into southern Sudan to provide the bulk of health and education services.
Since the area gained independence in 2011, the fledgling government has been attempting to build a state from scratch, leaving health services largely provisional and mental health programmes all but non-existent.
“The situation is very rudimentary in terms of mental health, but there are so many people suffering because of post-war trauma and because of frustrations that some people may find themselves in and also because of some people that take drugs,” said Deputy Minister of Health Yatta Yori Lugor.
The South Sudan Medical Journal reports that depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and substance abuse are major mental health issues affecting the country.
The only recent prevalence data derive from a 2007 survey of 1.242 adults in Juba, which found that 36 percent of respondents met symptom criteria for PTSD and half met symptom criteria for depression
No psychiatrists or drugs
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