The literature on borderline personality disorder (BPD), including its epidemiology, biology,
phenomenology, causes, correlates, consequences, costs, treatments, and outcomes is vast …

Objective: This study was designed to assess the current prevalence of depression in Oyo
State, Nigeria and the rural–urban variation in prevalence. Setting: This is a two‐phase …

This study explores perceptions of mental illness in a sample of Ethiopian community
members, healthcare workers and traditional healers. Specifically, the attitudes, beliefs and …

This article examines patterns of continuity and change in possession rituals among the
Sidamo of southern Ethiopia. Religion in southern Ethiopia is undergoing profound …

Psychology and health in African cultures: Examples of ethnopsychotherapeutic practice.
Psychology and health in African cultures: Examples of ethnopsychotherapeutic practice. Citation …

Mental illness has been attributed to supernatural forces, such as spirits which enter a
person's body or the shadow cast by an evil eye. The personal and social consequences of …

This article reflects the results of three studies done between 1988 and 1991 describing
psychiatric outpatients in different towns and cities of South Africa. Two of the samples …

This study explores the conceptualization of mental illness in Ethiopia. Specifically, the
attitudes, beliefs and practices associated with the expression, causation, and treatment of …

Although the nursing literature overflows with references to the myriad things for which
nurses and patients are de facto responsible, nurses have never explicitly examined the …

Community surveys in Ethiopia have recently been possible with the help of simple
assessment techniques developed by WHO for use in developing countries. 3, 4 The WHO …