An integrative review of potential enablers and barriers to accessing mental health services in Ghana

E Badu, AP O'Brien, R Mitchell - Health research policy and systems, 2018 - Springer
Introduction The importance of accessible mental health treatment is a global concern,
particularly when one in five people will experience a mental health problem in their …

Pathways to mental health treatment in Ghana: Challenging biomedical methods from herbal-and faith-healing perspectives

E Badu, R Mitchell, AP O'Brien - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The clinical pathways for treating mental illness have received global attention.
Several empirical studies have been undertaken on treatment pathways in Ghana. No study …

Traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: A qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use

MA Subu, D Holmes, A Arumugam… - … journal of qualitative …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Limited information is known from studies regarding traditional, religious, and
cultural perspectives on mental illness and the use of traditional and alternative therapies by …

'We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well': A visual exploration of what promotes successful collaboration between community mental …

L Kpobi, UM Read, RK Selormey… - Transcultural …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The practices of traditional and faith-based healers in low-and middle-income countries in
Africa and elsewhere have come under intense scrutiny in recent years owing to allegations …

Exploring mental illness in the workplace: the role of HR professionals and processes

S Hennekam, K Follmer, J Beatty - The InTernaTIonal Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this overview, we introduce a special issue featuring six articles on various aspects
related to the role of Human Resource Management in managing mental illness at work …

Family caregivers' perspectives of cultural beliefs and practices towards mental illness in Zambia: an interview-based qualitative study

F Sichimba, AC Janlöv, A Khalaf - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Many elements of mental illness, including accessibility and utilization of mental health care,
are influenced by societal cultural ideas. In Zambia, for example, traditional healers are not …

'The threads in his mind have torn': conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders by neo-prophetic Christian healers in Accra, Ghana

LNA Kpobi, L Swartz - International journal of mental health systems, 2018 - Springer
Background In many low-and middle-income countries, faith healing is used alongside
biomedical treatment for many health problems including mental disorders. Further …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical issues in global neuroimaging genetics collaborations

A Palk, J Illes, PM Thompson, DJ Stein - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging genetics is a rapidly developing field that combines neuropsychiatric genetics
studies with imaging modalities to investigate how genetic variation influences brain …

Depression literacy and misconceptions scale (DepSter): a new two-factorial tool for measuring beliefs about depression

K Kulwicka, A Gasiorowska - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background Depression literacy has received extensive attention within mental health
research. It has been studied by different social groups and professions in Western and non …

Indigenous and faith healing for mental health in Ghana: An examination of the literature on reported beliefs, practices and use of alternative mental health care in …

L Kpobi, L Swartz - African journal of primary health care & family …, 2019 - scielo.org.za
Abstract KPOBI, Lily and SWARTZ, Leslie. Indigenous and faith healing for mental health in
Ghana: An examination of the literature on reported beliefs, practices and use of alternative …