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The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa de Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong

The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa

Autor Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Allan G. Hill, Arthur Kleinman, William Murphy, Victoria De Menil
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 apr 2015
Includes essays that focuses on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders, including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic and political instability, access to health care, access to medicines, and the impact of HIV-AIDS and other chronic illness on mental health.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253012869
ISBN-10: 0253012864
Pagini: 354
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 160 x 236 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Introduction: Culture, Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa
Emmanuel Akyeampong, Allan Hill and Arthur Kleinman

1. 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 Stein
3. Schizophrenia and Psychosis in West Africa
Ursula M. Read, Victor 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. Local Interpretations of Global Constructs: Women's Reports on Mental Illness in Africa
Allan G. Hill and Victoria Demenil
8. One Thing Leads to Another: Sex, AIDS, and Mental Health Reform in South Africa
Pamela Y. Collins
9. Health Care Professional Mental Health and Well-Being in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa
Giuseppe Raviola
10. The Role of The Traditional Healers in Mental Health in Africa
ElialiliaOkello and SegganeMusisi
11. Improving Access to Psychiatric Medicines in Africa
Shoba Raja, Sarah Kippen and Michael Reich
12. Child Solders and Community Reconciliation in Post-War Sierra Leone: African Psychiatry in the 21st Century
William Murphy
13. Using Mixed Methods to Plan and Evaluate Mental Health Programs for War-Affected Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Theresa Betancourt
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