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Madness or sadness? Local concepts of mental illness in four conflict-affected African communities

BACKGROUND: Concepts of ‘what constitutes mental illness’, the presumed aetiology and preferred treatment options, vary considerably from one cultural context to another. Knowledge and understanding of these local conceptualisations is essential to inform public mental health programming and policy....

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Autores principales: Ventevogel, Peter, Jordans, Mark, Reis, Ria, de Jong, Joop
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1505-7-3