Culturally prescribed beliefs about mental illness among the Akan of Ghana

scientific article published on January 2017

Culturally prescribed beliefs about mental illness among the Akan of Ghana is …
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P356DOI10.1177/1363461517708120
P2888exact matchhttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31932
P698PubMed publication ID28612682
P8602University of Ghana Digital Collections (UGSpace) ID31932

P2093author name stringShawn O Utsey
Opare-Henaku, A.
Annabella Opare-Henaku
Utsey, S.O.
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P433issue4
P921main subjectGhanaQ117
AkanQ28026
Cultural psychologyQ38566149
P304page(s)502-522
P577publication date2017-01-01
P1433published inTranscultural PsychiatryQ7833943
P1476titleCulturally prescribed beliefs about mental illness among the Akan of Ghana
P478volume54

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