Clinical and demographic features of treated first-episode psychotic disorders: a Zambian study.

Background: There is a relative lack of information about the epidemiology of psychotic disorders in the developing world. The aim of this pragmatic study was to describe the correlates of first-episode psychosis in the central African nation of Zambia.

Method: Selected clinical and demographic variables were collected on patients with psychotic disorders presenting for the first time at the only psychiatric hospital in Zambia (Chainama Hills College Hospital, Lusaka).

Zambia mental health country profile.

This country profile for Zambia was compiled between 1998 and 2002. The objectives of the exercise were to first of all avail policymakers, other key decision makers and leaders in Zambia, information about mental health in Zambia in order to assist policy and services development. Secondly, to facilitate comparative analyses of mental health services between countries.