The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0253012864 ISBN 13: 9780253012869

Casa editrice: Indiana Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

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.

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L'autore:

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 at Harvard Medical School.

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• Editore: Indiana Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0253012864
• ISBN 13: 9780253012869
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 349
• Redattore: Akyeampong Emmanuel, Hill Allan G., Kleinman Arthur