Sociocultural considerations of mental health care and help-seeking in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorAsiimwe, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorNuwagaba-K, Racheal D
dc.contributor.authorDwanyen, Lekie
dc.contributor.authorKasujja, Rosco
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-15T12:06:58Z
dc.date.available2023-12-15T12:06:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractSociocultural factors largely shape how communities conceptualize, express, and respond to mental and relational health problems. This paper reviews and summarizes literature on mental health in Uganda, with specific attention to Uganda's mental health policy, relevant sociocultural idioms of distress, and considerations. We include a discussion on stigma, as one key response to mental and relational health problems in Uganda. Further, we use clinical examples from Uganda to describe salient and common sociocultural idioms of distress that shape how Ugandans experience and express various mental health problems, and subsequent help-seeking behaviors. We end with a discussion by offering implications for sociocultural experiences and considerations to improve mental health service delivery in Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsiimwe, Ronald, Racheal D. Nuwagaba-K, Lekie Dwanyen, et al. 'Sociocultural Considerations of Mental Health Care and Help-Seeking in Uganda', SSM - Mental Health, vol. 4/(2023), pp. 100232.en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2666-5603
dc.identifier.issnEISSN 2666-5603
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9392
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden_US
dc.subjectMental health, Socio-cultural considerations, Stigma, Ugandaen_US
dc.titleSociocultural considerations of mental health care and help-seeking in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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