| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
University of Ghana readers |
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Clinical sciences series ; no. 3 |
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University of Ghana readers.
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Clinical sciences series (University of Ghana) ; no. 3.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 services and legislation from 2005. These are followed by three main sections on Conceptualization of Mental Illness (depression, religion and illness, autism, substance use disorders and schizophrenia), Mental Health Practice in a teaching hospital setting (referrals to Korle-Bu, how psychiatric illnesses |
| Notes |
"University of Ghana 65th anniversary reader project." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychiatry -- Research -- Ghana
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Mental health services -- Ghana
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Mental Health Services -- trends
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Biomedical Research -- trends
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Psychiatry -- trends
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Investment & securities.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Mental health services
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Psychiatry -- Research
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| SUBJECT |
Ghana https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005869 |
| Subject |
Ghana
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ohene, Sammy, editor.
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Ofori-Atta, Angela, editor.
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University of Ghana, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9789988860271 |
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9988860277 |
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9988860218 |
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9789988860219 |
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