Changing trends in mental health care and research in Ghana /  [electronic resource] 
editors, Angela Ofori-Atta, Sammy Ohene. 
 - 1 online resource (286 pages) :  illustrations (some color). 
 - Clinical sciences series ;  number 3 University of Ghana readers .
 - Clinical sciences series ;  no. 3. University of Ghana readers. .
<br/><br/> "University of Ghana 65th anniversary reader project." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789988860271 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental health services--Ghana.<br/>Psychiatry--Research--Ghana.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA790.7.G4  / C43 2014