Sub-Saharan Africa has a large treatment gap for psychiatric care services, with a ratio of approximately one psychiatrist to 1·5 million people.¹ Most countries in the region commit less than 1% of their health budget to psychiatric care, with an emphasis on institution-based care often marked by gross human rights violation. Success in addressing these challenges over the next 10 years will depend on how well psychiatrists and policy makers leverage existing resources and redefine the role of the African psychiatrist in an increasingly digitally connected continent.

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非洲精神病学的未来—跳出框框思考

撒哈拉以南非洲地区在精神病护理服务方面存在巨大的治疗缺口，大约一名精神病医生与1百万人的比率。¹该地区大多数国家将不到卫生预算的1％用于精神病护理，重点放在通常以严重侵犯人权为特征的基于机构的护理。在未来10年中能否成功应对这些挑战，将取决于精神科医生和政策制定者如何充分利用现有资源，并重新定义非洲精神科医生在日益数字化连接的大陆中的作用。