Objective The discipline of psychiatry, and psychiatry as a career option, have been
negatively regarded by medical students for decades. There is a large amount of literature …

Commitment to building mental health treatment capacity in Africa is increasing but little
agreement exists on strategies to train health workers on mental health or evaluation of …

In 2009 the WPA President established a Task Force that was to examine available
evidence about the stigmatization of psychiatry and psychiatrists and to make …

Objectives (1) Investigate and explore whether different classes of associative stigma (the
process by which a person experiences stigmatisation as a result of an association with …

The treatment gap for mental illness is wide between low-and middle-income countries. The
World Health Organization and other relevant bodies are seeking to reduce this gap through …

Introduction The lack of trained mental health workers is a primary contributor to the mental
health treatment gap worldwide. Despite the great need to recruit and retain mental health …

The recent report on the call to scale up mental health programmes in the developing world
does little justice to major initiatives that preceded this call. 1 Introducing changes in mental …

Background Whilst there have been several studies exploring retention in health workers,
little is known about health workers engaged in the provision of mental health services and …

Burnout is “an experience of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion, caused by long
term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding”. 1 Burnout was first defined …

Background There is no consensus regarding the optimal content of the undergraduate
psychiatry curriculum as well as factors contributing to young doctors choosing a career in …