Culturally prescribed beliefs about mental illness among the Akan of Ghana

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 502-522

  Opare Henaku, Annabella ^a   Utsey, Shawn O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African psychology; Akan; cultural psychology; explanatory models; illness construction; mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AKAN (PEOPLE); ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOTHING; CULTURAL PSYCHIATRY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; GENETICS; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SHELTER; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRADITIONAL HEALER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85027365438     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461517708120     Document Type: Article

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