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The treatment of mental illness in faith-based and traditional healing centres in Ghana: perspectives of service users and healers
BACKGROUND: The maltreatment of people with mental illness in Ghana's traditional and faith-based healing centres, including shackling, flogging, and forced fasting, has been documented by numerous sources. Such treatment is potentially traumatising and may exacerbate mental health problems. De...
Autores principales: | Lambert, Jessica E., Nantogmah, Fred, Dokurugu, Adam Yahaya, Alhassan, Hanan, Azuure, Sandow Stanislaus, Yaro, Peter Badimak, Kørner, Jeanette |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7576926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33123375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2020.21 |
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