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IPDE - Extranet Systems - World Health Organization

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65 Centres participating in <strong>IPDE</strong> field trial<br />

than 1000 impatient admissions a year, and an out-patient department<br />

serving about 2000 psychiatric and 2000 neurological patients annually.<br />

The in-patient department consists of an intensive care unit (locked<br />

ward), several open wards, a crisis intervention ward, and a neurological<br />

ward. Cmnt research is focused on biological psychiatry, including<br />

neuroendocrinology and molecular genetics. There is also a great interest<br />

in the diagnosis and assessment of psychiatric disorders. The Institute has<br />

translated and tested a number of WHO diagnostic inshuments.<br />

The Department of Psychiatry of the University of Munich has an outstanding<br />

histoty dating hack to Emil Kraepelin. It is now a part of the<br />

Munich Faculty of Clinical Medicine and comprises a 208 bed hospital,<br />

out-patient clinic, day and night clinics, and several affiliated department.<br />

Its staff comprises more than 300 professionals, including 97 physicians,<br />

psychologists, psychotherapists, and biochemists. The in-patient service<br />

cares for the inhabitants of Munich and its surrounding areas, and also<br />

admits patients from Upper and Lower Bavaria. It has 10 wards, including<br />

a research unit and one for the treatment of addiction. The out-patient<br />

department provides comprehensive care that includes a 24-hour emergency<br />

and liaism consultation service to the other hospitals of the Faculty<br />

of Clinical Medicine in Munich. There are also departments of neurochemistry,<br />

experimental and clinical psychology, psychotherapy and psy-<br />

chosomatic~, neurophysiology and EEG, and forensic psychiatry. Patients<br />

are predominantly from working class backgrounds, but all socioeconomic<br />

groups are represented. 'hey include mostly those with anxiety.<br />

depression, ahistory of suicide attempts, and personality disorders.<br />

Nairobi<br />

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya and one of the main Wading centres in<br />

East Africa. The city was established at the end of the nineteenth century<br />

as a colonial railway settlement. It got its name from a waterhole known<br />

to the Masai people as Enkare Nairobi (cold water).<br />

The city attracted many migrants from various parts of rural Kenya<br />

and became one of the largest cities in tropical Africa. It is the principal<br />

industrial centre in the country and the railway is the largest single industrial<br />

employer.<br />

The study in Nairobi was conducted at three sites: Kenyatta National<br />

Hospital. Mathan Mental Hospital and the University of Nairobi<br />

Students' <strong>Health</strong> Centre. The Kenyatta National Hospital is the largest<br />

public hospital in the city of Nairobi and the majority of subjects for this

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