The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa

The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa /

In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. These essays shed light on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders, including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic a...

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Other Authors: Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku (Editor), Hill, Allan G. (Editor), Kleinman, Arthur (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Mental illness > Treatment > Africa.
Mental health services > Africa.
Medical policy.
Medical care.
Culture.
Health planning.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Ethnology.
Health services administration.
Anthropology.
Social control.
Health care reform.
Methodology.
Mental illness.
Manners and customs.
Mental illness > Africa.
Health care reform > Africa.
Social status > Africa.
Health Policy
Delivery of Health Care
Culture
Health Planning
Population Characteristics
Investigative Techniques
Psychiatry and Psychology
Geographic Locations
Sociology
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Public Policy
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Cultural
Patient Care Management
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Geographicals
Social Control Policies
Anthropology
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Health Services Administration
Social Control, Formal
Policy
Health Care Reform
Methods
Mental Disorders
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Care Reform > methods
Cultural Characteristics
Ethnology
Patient Care Management > methods
Patient Care
culture note.
sociology.
social sciences.
ethnology.
social anthropology.
anthropology.
methodology.
mental disorders.
customs (social concepts)
culture (concept)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
PSYCHOLOGY > History.
Mental health services
Mental illness > Treatment
Africa.
Africa
Afrique.
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • A historical overview of psychiatry in Africa / Emmanuel Akyeampong
  • Common mental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa : the triad of depression, anxiety, and somatization / Vikram Patel and Dan J. Stein
  • Schizophrenia and psychosis in West Africa / Ursula M. Read, Victor C.K. Doku, and Ama de-Graft Aikins
  • Mental illness and destitution in Ghana : a social-psychological perspective / Ama de-Graft Aikins
  • Children and adolescent mental health in South Africa / Alan Flisher, Andrew Dawes, Zuhayr Kafaar, Crick Lund, Katherine Sorsdahl, Bronwyn Myers, Rita Thom, and Soraya Seedat
  • Some aspects of mental illness in French-speaking West Africa / RenĂ© Collignon
  • Women's self-reported mental health in Accra, Ghana / Allan G. Hill and Victoria de Menil
  • One thing leads to another : sex, AIDS, and mental health reform in South Africa / Pamela Y. Collins
  • Health care professionals' mental health and well-being in the era of HIV/AIDS : perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa / Giuseppe Raviola
  • The role of traditional healers in mental health care in Africa / Elialilia Okello and Seggane Musisi
  • Improving access to psychiatric medicines in Africa / Shoba Raja, Sarah Kippen Wood, and Michael R. Reich
  • Child soldiers and community reconciliation in postwar Sierra Leone : African psychiatry in the twenty-first century / William P. Murphy
  • Using mixed methods to plan and evaluate mental health programs for war-affected children in Sub-Saharan Africa / Theresa Betancourt.

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