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Child and adolescent mental health in Africa: A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of emerging mental health clinicians and researchers using an online platform

Published in: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Volume 31 , issue 2 , 2019 , pages: 93–107

DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2019.1659145

Author(s): Eugene Lee Davids Adolescent Health Research Unit, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, South Africa , Leigh Adams Tucker Department of Psychology, South Africa , Grace Nduku Wambua See Me, Kenya , Deborah Leigh Fewster Occupational Therapy Department, South Africa , Liezl Schlebusch Centre for Autism Research in Africa, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, South Africa , Saira BS Karrim Speech-Language Therapy, South Africa , Mouna Attia Psychiatry Department, Tunisia , Joachim Nyoni Ministry of General Education, Zambia , Fikirte Girma Bayouh Department of Psychiatry, Ethiopia , Hillary Kuteesa College of Health Science, Uganda , Takoua Brahim Psychiatry Department, Tunisia , Michelle Hoogenhout Division of Developmental Paediatrics, South Africa , Rahma Ben Moussa Kahloul Psychiatry Department, Tunisia , Nicola Jearey-Graham Psychology Department, South Africa , Habte Belete Gobie College of Medicine and Health Science, Ethiopia , Joyce Sserunjogi Nalugya Department of Psychiatry, Uganda

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Abstract

Objective: Using a social ecological framework, this study aimed to establish emerging mental health clinicians and researchers’ perspectives about child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) in Africa.

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