title: Partaking in the global movement for occupational mental health: what challenges and ways forward for sub-Sahara Africa?
abstract: There is an ongoing global movement for the entrenchment of occupational mental health as an integral part of occupational health and safety schemes. Aside from being a fundamental human right issue, this move has been demonstrated to be of cost-benefit in terms of workplace productivity and general economic growth. Despite being among the regions most prone to the human and economic repercussions of work-related mental health problems by reason of her socio-economic circumstance; sub-Sahara Africa is yet to fully plug into this movement. With a view to make recommendations on the ways forward for sub-Sahara Africa, this paper examines the current state of and the barriers to effective occupational mental health policy and practice in the region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. draromedics@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Olayinka
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Atilola