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001 2013441928
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010 $a 2013441928
020 $a9789988647384
020 $a9988647387
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn906967058
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050 00 $aRA790.7.G4$bC43 2014
245 00 $aChanging trends in mental health care and research in Ghana /$ceditors, Angela Ofori-Atta, Sammy Ohene.
264 1 $aLegon-Accra, Ghana :$bFor the University of Ghana by Sub-Saharan Publishers,$c2014.
300 $axi, 272 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aClinical sciences series ;$vno. 3
490 0 $aUniversity of Ghana readers
500 $a"University of Ghana 65th anniversary reader project."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSection 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.
650 0 $aMental health services$zGhana.
650 0 $aPsychiatry$xResearch$zGhana.
700 1 $aOfori-Atta, Angela,$eeditor.
700 1 $aOhene, Sammy,$eeditor.
710 2 $aUniversity of Ghana,$eissuing body.