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The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa

Title
  1. The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa / edited by Emmanuel Akyeampong, Allan G. Hill, and Arthur Kleinman.
Published by
  1. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]

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Additional authors
  1. Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku
  2. Hill, Allan G.
  3. Kleinman, Arthur
Description
  1. ix, 349 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Mental illness
  2. Psychiatry, Transcultural
  3. Cultural Characteristics
  4. Mental illness > Treatment > Africa
  5. Psychiatry, Transcultural > Africa
  6. Cross-cultural studies
  7. Mental illness > Africa > Cross-cultural studies
  8. Socioeconomic Factors
  9. Health Care Reform > methods
  10. Africa
Genre/Form
  1. Cross-cultural studies.
Contents
  1. Introduction: Culture, mental illness, and psychiatric practice in Africa / Emmanuel Akyeampong, Allan G. Hill, and Arthur Kleinman-- 1. A historical overview of psychiatry in Africa / Emmanuel Akyeampong -- 2. Common mental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa : the triad of depression, anxiety, and somatization / Vikram Patel and Dan J. Stein -- 3. Schizophrenia and psychosis in West Africa / Ursula M. Read, Victor C.K. Doku, and Ama de-Graft Aikins -- 4. Mental illness and destitution in Ghana : a social-psychological perspective / Ama de-Graft Aikins -- 5. 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 -- 6. Some aspects of mental illness in French-speaking West Africa / René Collignon -- 7. Women's self-reported mental health in Accra, Ghana / Allan G. Hill and Victoria de Menil -- 8. One thing leads to another : sex, AIDS, and mental health reform in South Africa / Pamela Y. Collins -- 9. Health care professionals' mental health and well-being in the era of HIV/AIDS : perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa / Giuseppe Raviola -- 10. The role of traditional healers in mental health care in Africa / Elialilia Okello and Seggane Musisi -- 11. Improving access to psychiatric medicines in Africa / Shoba Raja, Sarah Kippen Wood, and Michael R. Reich -- 12. Child soldiers and community reconciliation in postwar Sierra Leone : African psychiatry in the twenty-first century / William P. Murphy -- 13. Using mixed methods to plan and evaluate mental health programs for war-affected children in Sub-Saharan Africa / Theresa Betancourt.
Call number
  1. Sc E 16-346
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title
  1. The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa / edited by Emmanuel Akyeampong, Allan G. Hill, and Arthur Kleinman.
Publisher
  1. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added author
  1. Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku, editor.
  2. Hill, Allan G., editor.
  3. Kleinman, Arthur, editor.
LCCN
  1. 2014047048
ISBN
  1. 9780253012869 (cl : alk. paper)
  2. 0253012864 (cl : alk. paper)
  3. 9780253012937 (pb : alk. paper)
  4. 0253012937 (pb : alk. paper)
  5. 9780253013040 (eb)
  6. 0253013046 (eb)
Research call number
  1. Sc E 16-346
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