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Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2021 Dec 26;308:114358. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114358

Table 2.

Institutions Included in the Study: Historical and Geographical Notes

Table 2. Institutions Historical and Geographical Notes
Africa
University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SUDAN The Kitchener school of medicine was founded in 1924 as the first College of Medicine in Sudan, i.e. is the oldest medical school in Sudan (Faculty et al., 2021). The Faculty of Medicine offers both undergraduate and postgraduate studies and has 14 academic departments. Data for the two Institutions in Sudan were acquired by 1 of the co-authors)
Taha Baasher Psychiatric Teaching Hospital, Khartoum, SUDAN Taha Baasher Psychiatric Hospital was established in 1960 as an outpatient clinic in Khartoum Bahri by Professor Taha Ahmed Baaher, one of the Sudanese pioneer psychiatrists (Sirag, 2009). Currently, it serves patients from different parts of Sudan with an emergency and inpatient facility, and it receives around 1500 patients monthly in its OPD department. (Data were acquired by one of the co-authors)
Olabisi Onabanjo University and teaching hospital, Southwestern NIGERIA Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) was established in 1982. OOU consists of ten faculties and fifty-six departments in total. The Sagamu campus (where this survey was executed) hosts the Faculties of Basic Medical Sciences, Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences, while the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH; also captured in the survey) is also located within the same premises in Sagamu, Ogun State. (Data were acquired by one of the co-authors)
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Delta State University, NIGERIA Delta State University popularly known as DELSU was created in 1992 and runs a multi-campus system. It is one of the Nigerian degree awarding Institutions and houses different faculties all of which offer degrees in a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs ranging from full-time to part-time platforms. Among others, faculties include: Sciences, Pharmacy, Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences. (Data were acquired by one of the co-authors)
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) at Stellenbosch University (SU), located in the Western Cape province of South Africa, was established in 1956. It provides five undergraduate and eighty postgraduate programs and is recognized for its world-class research. SU FMHS emphasizes the importance of research translation.
(Data were acquired by one of the co-authors).
Europe
Research Unit of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, SPAIN, EU Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu was founded in 1854 as a clinical institution providing services in mental health. In 2001, the Research Unit was created and added to the clinical services. During the years the Research Unit has experienced continuous and exponential growth in basic and clinical research projects, publications and hired personnel. (Data were acquired by one of the co-authors).
UCD, TCD, NUIG IRELAND, EU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a discipline of the School of Medicine at the University College Dublin (UCD), a Irish leading research institution founded in 1854. The Discipline of Psychiatry is a discipline of the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin involved in teaching and research. Trinity College Dublin was founded by Queen Elizabeth I in 1592. The Discipline of Psychiatry at the National University of Ireland, Galway is a discipline of the School of Medicine, founded in 1845. (Data for the three Irish institutions were acquired by four of the co-authors)
North and South America
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Founded in 1782, Harvard Medical School is a leading institution in medical research and education. Over 10,000 physicians and scientists hold faculty appointments for Harvard Medical School and its affiliated 15 hospitals and research institutions. (Data for Harvard were acquired by two of the co-authors)
University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Psychology, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA The University was established in 1821 and the Faculty of Psychology was founded 35 years ago. Previously, Psychology was studied at the Faculty of Philosophy. Psychoanalysis is the most deeply rooted theoretical orientation within the faculty. However, in recent years, some subject’s programmes have been updated and new evidence-based chairs have been created (Data from the two Argentinian institutions were acquired by two of the co-authors)
Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA The Institute of Pharmacology is a research center, which belongs to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. It is integrated by an interdisciplinary group of researchers, including psychiatrists and clinical doctors, pharmacologists, biologists, biotechnologists, biochemists, geneticists, and statisticians. Most members are also professors at Buenos Aires University.