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The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa
Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong (Edited by), Allan G. Hill (Edited by), Arthur Kleinman (Edited by), William Murphy (Contributions by), Victoria de Menil (Contributions by), Theresa Betancourt (Contributions by), Rene Collignon (Contributions by), Ama de-Gaft Aikins (Contributions by), Andrew Dawes (Contributions by), Michael R. Reich (Contributions by), Seggane Musisi (Contributions by), Zuhayr Kafaar (Contributions by), Shoba Raja (Contributions by), Soroya Seedat (Contributions by), Katherine Sorsdahl (Contributions by), Elialilia S. Okello (Contributions by), Sarah Kippen Wood (Contributions by), Victor Christian Korley Doku (Contributions by), Crick Lund (Contributions by), Pamela Collins (Contributions by), Ursula Read (Contributions by), Bronwyn Meyers (Contributions by), Rita Gillian M. Thom (Contributions by), Guiseppe Raviola (Contributions by), Dan Stein (Contributions by), Vikram Patel (Contributions by)
9780253012869
Hardback, published 1 May 2015
354 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.635 kg
This book is recommended reading for any professional who desires to understand the ways in which politics, economics, institutions, and culture converge in the provision of mental health care, especially in low-income contexts. The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa . . . addresses a much neglected field of study and does so in a broad and interdisciplinary fashion. Anthropologists . . . will find The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa to be a consistent case for the integration of psychological, medical, and sociocultural perspectives. With a topic as vast as African mental health, even a sizable book like this one feels as if it is only scraping the surface of the subject, but it shows the promise of anthropological concepts and ethnological methods in the study and treatment of mental illness, not only in Africa but around the world. In The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice, [the authors] . . . shed light on mental illness in Africa and the way interventions are handled by psychiatric institutions and experts, including physicians and nurses. . . All the volume's chapters, which study treatments used to deal with common and chronic mental disorders, have been well researched and well written.Fall 2015 A review of the literature on African psychology or psychiatry yields few results in relation to the long history and substantial size of this mighty continent and the richness of its cultures. Thus, the valuable array of contributions to the edited volume, The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa, cannot be understated.
In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. These essays shed light on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders, including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic and political instability, access to health care, access to medicines, and the impact of HIV-AIDS and other chronic illness on mental health. While problems are rampant and carry real and devastating consequences, this volume promotes an understanding of the African mental health landscape in service of reform.
Introduction: Culture, Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa 1. Historical Overview of Psychiatry in Africa 2. Common Mental Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Triad of Depression, Anxiety, and Somatization 3. Schizophrenia and Psychosis in West Africa 4. Mental Illness and Destitution in Ghana: A Social Psychological Perspective 5. Children and Adolescent Mental Health in South Africa 6. Some Aspects of Mental Illness in French-Speaking West Africa 7. Local Interpretations of Global Constructs: Women's Reports on Mental Illness in Africa 8. One Thing Leads to Another: Sex, AIDS, and Mental Health Reform in South Africa 9. Health Care Professional Mental Health and Well-Being in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa 10. The Role of The Traditional Healers in Mental Health in Africa 11. Improving Access to Psychiatric Medicines in Africa 12. Child Solders and Community Reconciliation in Post-War Sierra Leone: African Psychiatry in the 21st Century 13. Using Mixed Methods to Plan and Evaluate Mental Health Programs for War-Affected Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Contributors Index
Emmanuel Akyeampong, Allan Hill and Arthur Kleinman
Emmanuel Akyeampong
Vikram Patel and Dan Stein
Ursula M. Read, Victor Doku, and Ama de-Graft Aikins
Ama de-Graft Aikins
Alan Flisher, Andrew Dawes, Zuhayr Kafaar, Crick Lund, Katherine Sorsdahl, Bronwyn Myers, Rita Thom, and Soraya Seedat
René Collignon
Allan G. Hill and Victoria Demenil
Pamela Y. Collins
Giuseppe Raviola
ElialiliaOkello and SegganeMusisi
Shoba Raja, Sarah Kippen and Michael Reich
William Murphy
Theresa Betancourt