Seeking Paths for Collaboration between Religious Leaders and Mental Health Professionals in Ghana

The treatment gap for mental illness is wide between low- and middle-income countries. The World Health Organization and other relevant bodies are seeking to reduce this gap through culturally innovative and sensitive programming. In Ghana, for example, only 2 % of the mentally ill access treatment,...

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Published in:Pastoral psychology
Main Author: Osafo, Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. 2016
In: Pastoral psychology
RelBib Classification:BS Traditional African religions
CF Christianity and Science
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NCH Medical ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Collective Action
B Leaders
B World Health Organization
B Health Professionals
B TREATMENT of mental illness
B Mental Health Services
B Mental health personnel
B Religious leaders
B Psychology
B Collaboration
B Religious
B Ghana
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