Akyeampong, Emmanuel (Editor)
Hill, Allan G. (Editor)
Kleinman, Arthur (Editor)
Indiana University Press
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 and political instability, access to health care, access to medicines, and the impact of HIV-AIDS and other chronic illness on mental health. While problems are rampant and carry real and devastating consequences, this volume promotes an understanding of the African mental health landscape in service.
...MoreReview Katie Kilroy-Marac (2016) Review of "The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa". International Journal of African Historical Studies (pp. 161-162).
Review Leonard Smith (2016) Review of "The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa". History of Psychiatry (pp. 103-105).
Chapter Elialilia Okello; Seggane Musisi (2015) The Role of Traditional Healers in Mental Health Care in Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Vikram Patel; Dan J. Stein (2015) Common Mental Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Triad of Depression, Anxiety, and Somatization. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Giuseppe Raviola (2015) Health Care Professionals' Mental Health and Well-Being in the Era of Hiv/Aids: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Ama de-Graft Aikins (2015) Mental Illness and Destitution in Ghana: a Social-Psychological Perspective. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Ursula M. Read; Victor C. K. Doku; Ama de-Graft Aikins (2015) Schizophrenia and Psychosis in West Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter William P. Murphy (2015) Child Soldiers and Community Reconciliation in Postwar Sierra Leone: African Psychiatry in the Twenty-First Century. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Alan Flisher; Andrew Dawes; Zuhayr Kafaar; Crick Lund; Katherine Sorsdahl; Bronwyn Myers; Rita Thom; Soraya Seedat (2015) Children and Adolescent Mental Health in South Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Allan G. Hill; Victoria de Menil (2015) Women's Self-Reported Mental Health in Accra, Ghana. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Pamela Y. Collins (2015) One Thing Leads to Another: Sex, Aids, and Mental Health Reform in South Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter René Collignon (2015) Some Aspects of Mental Illness in French-Speaking West Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Theresa Betancourt (2015) Using Mixed Methods to Plan and Evaluate Mental Health Programs for War-Affected Children in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong (2015) A Historical Overview of Psychiatry in Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
Chapter Shoba Raja; Sarah Kippen Wood; Michael R. Reich (2015) Improving Access to Psychiatric Medicines in Africa. In: The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa.
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