Maternal mental health services in Sri Lanka: challenges and solutions.

Perinatal psychiatry antenatal depression culture and stigma maternal mental health postnatal depression

Journal

BJPsych international
ISSN: 2056-4740
Titre abrégé: BJPsych Int
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101654173

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Historique:
received: 23 03 2020
revised: 29 06 2020
accepted: 11 09 2020
entrez: 8 11 2021
pubmed: 9 11 2021
medline: 9 11 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Sri Lanka boasts of making significant strides in the indicators of maternal healthcare during the past few decades. However, these indicators mostly look only at the physical well-being of women. Lack of awareness regarding maternal mental health problems among grass-root level healthcare workers, poor integration of services, and the culture and stigma regarding perinatal mental disorders are barriers to improving services in maternal mental healthcare in Sri Lanka.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34747934
doi: 10.1192/bji.2020.52
pii: S2056474020000525
pmc: PMC8554894
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

100-102

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None.

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Auteurs

Aruni Hapangama (A)

FRANZCP, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Email: ahapangama@kln.ac.lk.

K A L A Kuruppuarachchi (KALA)

FRCPsych, Cadre Chair and Senior Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

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