Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres
Background: Very limited published data exist on the spectrum of mental health disorders encountered at primary health care (PHC) facilities in South Africa. Methods: The original data from a recent study were analysed with regard to its useful set of data on patients with mental disorders in prim...
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| author | Tsepo S. Motsohi A. A. Isaacs N. Manga C. Le Grange M. Roelofse P. Milligan D. A. Hellenberg A. R. Sayed |
| author_facet | Tsepo S. Motsohi A. A. Isaacs N. Manga C. Le Grange M. Roelofse P. Milligan D. A. Hellenberg A. R. Sayed |
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| description | Background: Very limited published data exist on the spectrum of mental health disorders encountered at primary health care (PHC) facilities in South Africa.
Methods: The original data from a recent study were analysed with regard to its useful set of data on patients with mental disorders in primary care clinics in Cape Town.
Results: Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder accounted for the majority of visits, with common mental disorders (depression, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders) accounting for only a minority of visits. Furthermore, the mental health population in the study had significantly fewer chronic disease co-morbidities than the non-mental health patients.
Conclusion: There is an urgent need to screen better for common mental disorders in primary care patients in South Africa, and to screen for chronic medical diseases in patients with serious mental illness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e10490e3373b4ab49f0ef4809786e8cd2025-08-20T04:03:13ZengAOSISSouth African Family Practice2078-61902078-62042015-07-0157410.4102/safp.v57i4.40763522Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centresTsepo S. Motsohi0A. A. Isaacs1N. Manga2C. Le Grange3M. Roelofse4P. Milligan5D. A. Hellenberg6A. R. Sayed7Division of Family Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Cape Town, Cape TownFaculty of Health Sciences, Division of Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape TownFaculty of Health Sciences, Division of Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape TownFaculty of Health Sciences, Division of Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape TownFaculty of Health Sciences, Division of Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape TownHead Clinical Unit, Acute Services, Valkenberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; and Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Division of Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape TownFaculty of Health Sciences, Division of Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape TownMetro District Health Services, Cape TownBackground: Very limited published data exist on the spectrum of mental health disorders encountered at primary health care (PHC) facilities in South Africa. Methods: The original data from a recent study were analysed with regard to its useful set of data on patients with mental disorders in primary care clinics in Cape Town. Results: Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder accounted for the majority of visits, with common mental disorders (depression, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders) accounting for only a minority of visits. Furthermore, the mental health population in the study had significantly fewer chronic disease co-morbidities than the non-mental health patients. Conclusion: There is an urgent need to screen better for common mental disorders in primary care patients in South Africa, and to screen for chronic medical diseases in patients with serious mental illness.https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/4076co-morbiditycostsmental healthnon-communicable diseasesprescriptionsprimary health care |
| spellingShingle | Tsepo S. Motsohi A. A. Isaacs N. Manga C. Le Grange M. Roelofse P. Milligan D. A. Hellenberg A. R. Sayed Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres South African Family Practice co-morbidity costs mental health non-communicable diseases prescriptions primary health care |
| title | Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres |
| title_full | Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres |
| title_fullStr | Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres |
| title_short | Common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres |
| title_sort | common mental disorders are not diagnosed commonly in community health centres |
| topic | co-morbidity costs mental health non-communicable diseases prescriptions primary health care |
| url | https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/4076 |
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