Beliefs and community responses to mental illness in Ghana: The experiences of family carers

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-188

  Quinn, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33847793095     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764006074527     Document Type: Article

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