| Description |
1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Clinical sciences series ; number 3 |
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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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| Note |
"University of Ghana 65th anniversary reader project." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Mental health services -- Ghana.
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Psychiatry -- Research -- Ghana.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ofori-Atta, Angela, editor.
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Ohene, Sammy, editor.
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University of Ghana, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9789988647384 |
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9988647387 |
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9789988860219 |
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9789988860271 (electronic bk.) |
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