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The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa
Emmanuel
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Description for The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa
Hardback. 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. Editor(s): Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Hill, Allan G.; Kleinman, Arthur. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 702.
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 of reform.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253012869
SKU
V9780253012869
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99-50
About Emmanuel
Emmanuel Akyeampong is Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Allan Hill is Andelot Professor of Demography at the Harvard School of Public Health. Arthur Kleinman is the Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University, and Professor of Medical Anthropology in Global Health and Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry ... Read more
Reviews for The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa
This book is recommended reading for any professional who desires to understand the ways in which politics, economics, institutions, and culture converge in the provision of mental health care, especially in low-income contexts.
Journal of Menal Health
The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa . . . addresses a much neglected field of study and ... Read more
Journal of Menal Health
The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa . . . addresses a much neglected field of study and ... Read more