Cultural response to mental illness in Senegal: Reflections through patient companions - Part I. Methods and descriptive data

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 325-338

  Franklin, Robert R ^a   Sarr, Doudou ^d   Gueye, Momar ^b   Sylla, Omar ^b   Collignon, René ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Companions; Culture; Health seeking behavior; Medical records; Psychiatry; Senegal; Social psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT; SENEGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CULTURAL ATTITUDES; MENTAL HEALTH;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0029668698     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00108-5     Document Type: Article

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