Mental Health internships with pioneering partners
Our Mental Health Internships in Africa
Our Mental Health Internships, for mental health students, and qualified practitioners, are offered through our unique partnerships with medical organisations in Uganda and Ghana.
The hospital based internship in Uganda and Ghana differ in that in Uganda, psychiatry is managed through a specialist ward in a general teaching hospital, whereas in Ghana, the mental health internships are hosted in a dedicate Psychiatric hospital
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Our Mental Health internships for qualified practitioners and psychiatry students
Teaching Hospital Based
crisis response│in-patient support
Location: Mbara, SW Uganda
Weeks: 2 - 12+ weeks
Code: Ug-MH-HB
Description:
This hospital based mental health internship is for qualified mental health practitioners, as well as students on mental health courses.
You may join for 4 to 12 weeks
You will be based in a government teaching hospital, that has a psychiatric specialist ward as one of its wards. You will have opportunity to work in the community, should you wish, and have opportunities to participate in university led seminars to explore attitudes to mental health and its management in Uganda.
There are also opportunities to engage with community based mental health care, which is managed through our non-governmental and community service organisations in partnership with the hospital. These provide mental health care follow up and preventative services for individuals with mental illnesses, and their families through a range of professionals.
You will also be able to support the NGOs in their community suicide prevention work. The blending of the program can be weighted and modified to match your interests and time in Uganda
Psychiatric Hospital Based
Location: Accra, Ghana
Weeks: 2 - 12 weeks
Code: Gh-MH-HB
Description:
This internship is hosted in a dedicated government psychiatric hospital, with private wards, in Ghana, Accra. The internships are for both mental health elective students, as well as for qualified psychiatric practitioners.
Qualified mental health nurses and Drs will be issued a local licence by the hospital, to practice for up to 3 months.
Our partners in Ghana, qualified medical practitioners, know the hospital, and comment that it is very well run, and managed.
The hospital has the following wards:
Male│Female│Forensic│General│Acute │Geriatric, as well as private paying VIP, and VVIP wards.
The complete range of mental health needs are met here, including addictions, dementia, mania, depression, bi-polar, schizophrenia…
You will have opportunities to explore attitudes to mental health and its management in Uganda.
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Community Based
suicide prevention│out-patient & family support
Location: Mbara, SW Uganda
Weeks: 2 - 12+
Code: Ug-MH-CB
Description:
In this community mental health internship you will be supervised by local professionals as you join the activities and outreach of our partner community based organisations to support those with psychiatric issues in the community, their families, and communities.
Roles include:
Visiting families and individuals affected by suicide and mental health issues. Leading/guiding support groups, and counselling for people facing psycho-social challenges.
You will also participate in the school and university well-being clubs that have been established; support the training of peer psycho-social support, and support individuals with their prescribed medication.
You could also lead/join CPD, and publicise the support available to members of the community, which helps to break down the stigmas attached to mental health.
You will support the organisations’ work to reduce suicides and reattempted suicides, whilst reducing societal stigmas around psychiatric health.
You will also visit the psychiatric hospitals and clinics to gain an overview of the mental health system.
Cross cultural mental health internships that will impact upon your practice in the US and Europe
Our mental health internships are open to mental health students, mental health nurses, and mental health Drs, and support the development of your practice, your understanding of other health care systems, as well as other societies’ and cultures approaches to mental health. This broadening of your experience will grow your professional practice, and develop your skills and insights as a practitioner.
You will learn from groundbreaking practice that began at grass roots level, and see what is possible when communities come together to meet the needs they have.
As learning is a two-way process, the community of mental health practitioners, in the hospital and the community are also keen to learn from your experience, and your society’s approaches to mental health. In addition, the money that you pay for your internship has a huge impact on our partner’s ability to employ staff and deliver services, so you know that your time and money is well used.