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Mauritania’s Only Psychiatric Hospital Struggles with Limited Resources for 5 Million People

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Mauritania’s Only Psychiatric Hospital Struggles with Limited Resources for 5 Million People

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  • Mauritania faces a critical shortage in mental health care, with only 20 psychiatric beds for its 5 million residents.
  • The Nouakchott Centre for Specialised Medicine is the country’s only facility for psychiatric treatment, struggling with high demand.
  • Patients often undergo traditional treatments before reaching the hospital, which is a last resort.
  • Families are crucial to the support system, often accompanying patients and managing care at home.
  • The hospital's limited capacity has led to practices such as chaining violent patients to their beds, despite it not being official policy.

For more details, visit the original article at South China Morning Post.

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