martes, 9 de junio de 2020

Global estimate of the prevalence of bipolar disorders among homeless people - BMC Series blog

Global estimate of the prevalence of bipolar disorders among homeless people - BMC Series blog

Getinet Ayano

Getinet Ayano

Getinet Ayano is a PhD student in public health (mental health) at Curtin University in Australia. His PhD focuses on adverse mental, behavioral and educational outcomes in the offspring of parents with psychiatric disorders.Before starting his PhD, he worked as a coordinator of training and Mental Health Gap Action Programs (mhGAP) at the Federal Ministry of Health Amanual mental specialized Hospital in Ethiopia. He also worked as an instructor, expert psychiatry professional, and research publication and mobilization focal person at the Federal Ministry of health Amanuel Mental Hospital in Ethiopia. He has extensive experience in researching and publishing in mental health including suicide, addictions, mental health services, and legislation, and other mental health-related problems.He is an author of more than 60 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.


Global estimate of the prevalence of bipolar disorders among homeless people

The prevalence of bipolar disorder in homeless people is remarkably higher than the prevalence of the disorder in the general population. Getinet Ayano tells us more about his study just published in BMC Public Health in this blog.
Worldwide, as many as 150 million people or roughly 2% of the global population are classified as homeless, and as many as 1.6 billion people (20% of the world population) lack adequate housing.
Homeless people are more likely than the general population to have mental disorders. Evidence suggests that the vast majority of homelesss people suffer from mental, neurological, and substance disorders including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder (BD), substance use, and personality disorders.

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