Mental health service norms in South Africa

This thesis includes four main aspects. Firstly, a situation analysis was conducted of current national public sector mental health services in South Africa, using nine service indicators. Secondly, a model was developed for estimating the mental health service needs of people with psychiatric conditions in a local South African population. Thirdly, a set of service norms was proposed for each of the nine service indicators, informed by data from the situation analysis. Fourthly, a practical user-friendly planning manual was developed, using the situation analysis, model and norms to provide guidelines for the planning of mental health services by local and provincial planners.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Lund, Crick

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Flisher, Alan J

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10620

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10620