Joining psychiatric care and faith healing in a prayer camp in Ghana: Randomised trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 34-41

  Ofori Atta, A ^a   Attafuah, J ^a   Jack, H ^b,c   Baning, F ^d   Rosenheck, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SCIENTIST; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STAFF; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 85043448451     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2017.12     Document Type: Article

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