Traditional healers and provision of mental health services in cosmopolitan informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-140

  Mbwayo, A W ^a   Ndetei, D M ^a,b   Mutiso, V ^a   Khasakhala, L I ^a,b  

^a Africa Mental Health Foundation   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Informal settlements; Kenya; Mental illness; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL HEALER; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84878449034     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i2.17     Document Type: Article

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