Barriers to mental health service utilisation in Sudan - perspectives of carers and psychiatrists

BMC Health Services Research
Sara H Ali, Vincent I O Agyapong

Abstract

In order to scale up mental health care nationally, barriers to health services utilisation need to be identified and addressed. The aim of this study was to identify barriers to mental health services utilization in Sudan from the perspectives of carer's of mentally ill patients and psychiatrists and to make recommendations to address the identified barriers. Mixed research methods were used in this cross sectional survey. The quantitative part was conducted with carers of mentally ill patients who were staying in Tijani Elmahi psychiatric hospital in Sudan, and the qualitative part was conducted with the psychiatric consultants in the country. 103 carers and six psychiatric consultants participated in the study. According to carers, the main barriers to utilisation of mental health services includes: the beliefs around mental illness, resorting to alternative treatments such as religious and traditional healers, centralization of mental health services, inadequate number of mental health staff, and mental health not being a priority by policy makers. In addition to these barriers, the psychiatric consultants identified stigma, cost of medications, and worries about medication's side effects as barriers to the utilisation of m...Continue Reading

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