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The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana
Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/76798 The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana Gildenhuys, Assie u12281485@tuks.co.za Solomon, Warona UCTD Clinical psychologists Public health facilities Botswana Mental health policy Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2019. The current study explored the work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana. This topic has received minimal research attention, yet the World Health Organization has recognised the importance of treating mental health conditions. There is also recognition that there is a shortage of mental health practitioners, especially psychologists, in low to middle income countries such as Botswana. For this reason, the World Health Organisation has developed an initiative amongst its member states to increase access to mental health services by integrating them into the general health system. This is where psychologists in public health facilities are employed. In order to investigate how psychologists in public health facilities experience this integration, an explorative design was followed which adopted a qualitative methodology for data collection and analysis. Three semi-structured interviews were conducted with clinical psychologists who were recruited through purposive sampling. The data were analysed through thematic analysis. Generally, the participants experienced their work in the public health facilities as a professionally enhancing experience in spite of the various challenges encountered. They described a wide range of supportive and therapeutic functions that served the institutions and society in general. It is hoped that the results of this study can inform policies on mental health and add some valuable insight for further investigation of this topic. Psychology MA Unrestricted 2020-11-04T15:09:54Z 2020-11-04T15:09:54Z 20/05/07 2019 Mini Dissertation Solomon, W 2019, The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana, MA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76798> A2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76798 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Clinical psychologists Public health facilities Botswana Mental health policy The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana |
| title | The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana |
| title_full | The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana |
| title_fullStr | The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana |
| title_full_unstemmed | The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana |
| title_short | The work-related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in Botswana |
| title_sort | work related experiences of psychologists in public health facilities in botswana |
| topic | UCTD Clinical psychologists Public health facilities Botswana Mental health policy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76798 |