Community and Social Psychiatry in the Gbeke Health Region in Ivory Coast: Preliminary Data 2018 and 2019

Eric Sreu; Asseman Medard Koua; Brahima Samuel Traore; Francois Djo Bi Djo; Emeric Desire Konandri; Akme Sylvie Akpa; Damaukan Dimitri Kevin Koffi; Yessonguilana Jean Marie Yeo Tenena

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Community and Social Psychiatry in the Gbeke Health Region in Ivory Coast: Preliminary Data 2018 and 2019

Eric Sreu, Asseman Medard Koua, Brahima Samuel Traore, Francois Djo Bi Djo, Emeric Desire Konandri, Akme Sylvie Akpa, Damaukan Dimitri Kevin Koffi, Yessonguilana Jean Marie Yeo Tenena

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 10, Issue 4)

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Since 2008, WHO has been suggesting to governments that psychiatric care be integrated into primary care based on collaboration with non-conventional care and community actors. The SAMENTACOM Project proposes a locally adapted and integrated model of the WHO mhGAP Programme to contribute to the reform of mental health services in Ivory Coast. This study aims to present the preliminary results of activities within the framework of the Project aimed at bringing primary psychiatric care closer to the community through a mechanism of delegation and supervision of tasks. The results of this study are based on the exploitation of primary data from the mobile clinic activities in the pilot health centres from 22 to 31 October 2018. Then the data from the mobile consultations in 16 prayer camps from 08 March 2019 to 24 March 2019. These mobile and advanced consultation activities enabled the detection and medical management of 62 patients in the mobile consultations in the health centres and 50 patients in the prayer camps in the Gbeke health region. Psychiatric disorders are the most dominant compared to epilepsy. Young adults and those without a profession make up the majority of patients. In their quest for care, patients come from the localities surrounding the consultation sites, which are located within a maximum radius of 15 km, thanks to the important role of community health workers.

Published in	American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpn.20221004.11
Page(s)	159-168
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Community Psychiatry, Mobile Consultations, Primary Health Centre, Prayer Camp, Gbeke

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Eric Sreu, Asseman Medard Koua, Brahima Samuel Traore, Francois Djo Bi Djo, Emeric Desire Konandri, et al. Community and Social Psychiatry in the Gbeke Health Region in Ivory Coast: Preliminary Data 2018 and 2019. Am J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2022;10(4):159-168. doi: 10.11648/j.ajpn.20221004.11

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Eric Sreu

Department of Geography, Alassane Ouattara University, Bouake, Ivory Coast
Asseman Medard Koua

Bouake Psychiatric Hospital, Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Alassane Ouattara University, Bouake, Ivory Coast
Brahima Samuel Traore

Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Felix Houphouet Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Francois Djo Bi Djo

Bouake Psychiatric Hospital, Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Alassane Ouattara University, Bouake, Ivory Coast
Emeric Desire Konandri

Bouake Psychiatric Hospital, Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Alassane Ouattara University, Bouake, Ivory Coast
Akme Sylvie Akpa

Bouake Psychiatric Hospital, Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Alassane Ouattara University, Bouake, Ivory Coast
Damaukan Dimitri Kevin Koffi

Bouake Psychiatric Hospital, Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Alassane Ouattara University, Bouake, Ivory Coast
Yessonguilana Jean Marie Yeo Tenena

Medical Sciences Training and Research Unit, Felix Houphouet Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

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