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Title Nkabom : a little medicine, a little prayer / a film by Erminia Colucci
Published London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (80 minutes)
Summary A mother is caring for her son at a healing shrine on the edge of a village in the central belt of Ghana. In another village, a father has taken his son to several Christian and traditional healers as well as a psychiatric hospital. Both are driven by the need to find a cure for the mental illness which has afflicted their children. Meanwhile mental health nurses in Ghana are looking for ways to join together with healers in their communities. They know these healers are popular and respect their beliefs, but they are concerned that some use chains to restrain their patients. How can they work together with healers without threatening their reputation and livelihoods? And how can nurses offer treatment without access to medication and transport? This film provides an insight into how healers and health practitioners come together in the face of these challenges to reach the same goal of healing and recovery
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed June 22, 2023)
In English and Twi with English subtitles
Subject Mental health -- Ghana
Mental illness -- Ghana
Healing -- Ghana -- Religious aspects
Spiritual healing -- Ghana
Healers -- Ghana
Healers
Healing -- Religious aspects
Mental health
Mental illness
Spiritual healing
Ghana
Genre/Form documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Colucci, Erminia, 1976- director.
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, publisher, film distributor.