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Mental health services in Uganda

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Fred Kigozi
Fred Kigozi*
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Butabika National Referral Teaching Hospital, email: buthosp@infocom.co.ug
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Uganda is a landlocked developing country in East Africa with an estimated population of 24.8 million people (2002 census). At independence (in 1962) Uganda was a very prosperous and stable country, with enviable medical services in the region. This, however, was destroyed by a tyrant military regime and the subsequent civil wars up to 1986, when the current government took over the reigns of power.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 2 , Issue 7 , January 2005 , pp. 15 - 18
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