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Community perceptions of mental health needs: a qualitative study in the Solomon Islands

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Title
Community perceptions of mental health needs: a qualitative study in the Solomon Islands
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems, March 2009
DOI 10.1186/1752-4458-3-6
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Ilse Blignault, Anne Bunde-Birouste, Jan Ritchie, Derrick Silove, Anthony B Zwi

Abstract

Psychosocial and mental health needs in the aftermath of conflict and disaster have attracted substantial attention. In the Solomon Islands, the conceptualisation of mental health, for several decades regarded by policy makers as primarily a health issue, has broadened and been incorporated into the national development and social policy agendas, reflecting recognition of the impact of conflict and rapid social change on the psychosocial wellbeing of the community as a whole. We sought to understand how mental health and psychosocial wellbeing were seen at the community level, the extent to which these issues were identified as being associated with periods of 'tension', violence and instability, and the availability of traditional approaches and Ministry of Health services to address these problems.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 176 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 26 15%
Student > Master 22 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 11%
Student > Bachelor 20 11%
Researcher 19 11%
Other 36 20%
Unknown 34 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 40 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 35 20%
Psychology 24 14%
Social Sciences 19 11%
Neuroscience 3 2%
Other 16 9%
Unknown 40 23%
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