TY - JOUR
T1 - Building Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Expertise in Ghana Through Training and Knowledge Dissemination
T2 - a Review of the Initial Collaboration Stages, Opportunities, and Challenges
AU - Natala, Nakita
AU - Owusu-Antwi, Ruth
AU - Donnir, Gordon
AU - Kusi-Mensah, Kwabena
AU - Burns, Heidi
AU - Mohiuddin, Sarah
AU - Fluent, Thomas
AU - Riba, Michelle
AU - Dalack, Gregory
PY - 2018/11/1
Y1 - 2018/11/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: Improving child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) is a priority worldwide. The majority of children with psychiatric conditions in low-middle-income countries (LMIC), like Ghana, receive no treatment due largely to limited resources and few CAMH training opportunities. The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and University of Michigan (UM) established a partnership to expand CAMH training for general psychiatrists in Ghana. Lessons learned from the early stages of the collaboration can serve as an adaptable roadmap for similar efforts to expand CAMH training in LMIC. Recent Findings: Previous articles have discussed global academic partnership, training, and capacity building programs; however, early challenges, opportunities, and preparatory stages involved in creating a mutually beneficial collaboration aimed at improving child psychiatry expertise in a LMIC are under explored in the global mental health literature. This article seeks to fill that gap by using examples to highlight unique considerations for institutions in the initial stages of establishing their global partnership. Summary: The early stages of a global partnership can impact the success of the collaboration. Collaborations should be bi-directional, sensitive to local culture, and flexible and establish achievable sustainable goals.
AB - Purpose of Review: Improving child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) is a priority worldwide. The majority of children with psychiatric conditions in low-middle-income countries (LMIC), like Ghana, receive no treatment due largely to limited resources and few CAMH training opportunities. The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and University of Michigan (UM) established a partnership to expand CAMH training for general psychiatrists in Ghana. Lessons learned from the early stages of the collaboration can serve as an adaptable roadmap for similar efforts to expand CAMH training in LMIC. Recent Findings: Previous articles have discussed global academic partnership, training, and capacity building programs; however, early challenges, opportunities, and preparatory stages involved in creating a mutually beneficial collaboration aimed at improving child psychiatry expertise in a LMIC are under explored in the global mental health literature. This article seeks to fill that gap by using examples to highlight unique considerations for institutions in the initial stages of establishing their global partnership. Summary: The early stages of a global partnership can impact the success of the collaboration. Collaborations should be bi-directional, sensitive to local culture, and flexible and establish achievable sustainable goals.
KW - Child and adolescent mental health
KW - Ghana
KW - Global mental health
KW - Global partnerships
KW - Low-middle-income countries
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U2 - 10.1007/s11920-018-0959-y
DO - 10.1007/s11920-018-0959-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30259208
AN - SCOPUS:85053881075
SN - 1523-3812
VL - 20
JO - Current psychiatry reports
JF - Current psychiatry reports
IS - 11
M1 - 105
ER -