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Community mental health initiatives in Pakistan
Gulnar Ali1, Nasreen S Lalani, Nadia Ali Muhammad Ali Charania
1University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, St Patrick's College London, London, England.
Aim:
To identify mental health needs in local communities, and provide and evaluate nurse-led services to promote community mental health in Karachi, Pakistan.
Method:
Using an action research approach, mental health nurses implemented activities to promote mental health and psychiatric rehabilitation in 15 urban communities in Karachi. The activities were planned and implemented in collaboration with a community-based social welfare organisation.
Findings:
Community mental health interventions were implemented by a multidisciplinary team including nursing educators and postgraduate nursing students. Positive transformation of the mental health of clients in the community was found.
Conclusion:
The challenges in identifying, diagnosing and rehabilitating clients with mental health needs in the community in Pakistan is acknowledged, and the benefits of enhanced support for clients and their families provided by community mental health nurses are described.
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