The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in Africa / edited by Emmanuel Akyeampong, Allan G. Hill, and Arthur Kleinman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku, editor.

Hill, Allan G., editor.

Kleinman, Arthur, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Africa.

Mental illness.

Health care reform--Africa.

Health care reform.

Social status--Africa.

Social status.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (700 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While problems are rampant and carry real and devastating consequences, this volume promotes an understanding of the African mental health landscape in service of reform.

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 / René 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-01304-6

OCLC:

908634873