Bouaké gathers mental health patients’ views
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Aip
Bouaké psychiatric hospital held a meeting on mental health, with support from Médecins sans frontières, to gather patients’ experiences and improve care. The initiative is part of the Mental Health and Epilepsy Project led by the National Mental Health Programme, according to the Ivorian Press Agency.
Bouaké psychiatric hospital held a meeting on Friday 23 October dedicated to World Mental Health Day, with support from Médecins sans frontières. The initiative, carried out במסגרת the Mental Health and Epilepsy Project led by the National Mental Health Programme, aimed to gather the experiences and recommendations of patients and their relatives to improve care, according to the Ivorian Press Agency.
Socio-anthropologist Vincent Koua explained that listening to the people concerned provides knowledge absent from medical diagnosis alone, particularly about anxiety, treatment, hospitalisation and stigma. He included families among these people, as they bear the costs of providing support and the consequences of social exclusion, reports the Ivorian Press Agency.
