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Changing Trends in Mental Health Care and Research in Ghana /

This Reader is about the changing trends in mental health care and research in Ghana. The book includes a brief history of the department and Mental Health Care in Ghana through the eyes of professionals who have lived this history. There is also a revised situation analysis of mental health service...

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Otros Autores: Ofori-Atta, Angela (Editor ), Ohene, Sammy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Legon-Accra, Ghana : for the University of Ghana by Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Section A: Mental healthcare in Ghana. Introduction ; Overview of mental healthcare in Ghana ; History of the department of psychiatry ; An updated situation analysis of mental health services and legislation in Ghana: challenges for transformation -- Section B: Conceptualization of mental illness. The Ghanaian non-medical conceptualization of mood disorders ; Religion and psychotherapy ; The state of autism in Ghana: a focus on cultural understanding and challenges in the Ghanaian setting ; Substance use disorders in Ghana ; Schizophrenia in primary care -- Section C: Mental health practice in a teaching hospital setting. Liaison psychiatry in Korle Bu teaching hospital ; Neuropsychological functioning of adult sickle cell disease patients in Ghana ; Psychological wellbeing and quality of life among chronic kidney disease patients in Ghana ; Irritable bowel syndrome and related functional bowel disorders in an urban gastroenterology practice ; Group therapy for mothers of unwell neonatal infants ; Play therapy: a pilot project supporting children undergoing cancer treatment at the Korle Bu teaching hospital ; Breaking bad news -- Section D: Research in psychiatry and clinical biology. A qualitative study of stresses faced by Ghanaian medical students ; Is the concept of learning disabilities applicable for Ghana? ; Dilemmas of healthcare professionals in Ghana ; Experience of strengthening the mental health information system in Ghana's three psychiatric hospitals ; The way forward for mental health in the 21st century in Ghana. 
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