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Introduction 1
Introduction 1
a
continuum.
Mental health -mental illness continuum
Definition of Mental health (WHO)
Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915):
• Nick name
• The Father Psychiatry
in Africa
• Born in the village in the area of the White Nile
• The admissions constitute about 1/3 of the total inpatient care in the
country.
• Kosti, El Obeid, El Fashir and Sennar. Patients are usually admitted for a short
stay for
general prisons.
I. Psychiatric disorders
• substance use