Notions of Spirits as Agents of Mental Illness among the Akan of Ghana: A Cultural-psychological Exploration
The study explores lay conceptualizations of mental illness among the Akans of Ghana as influenced by their cultural worldview. Akan, the largest ethnic group in Ghana, is noted for the use of supernatural attributions for various health-related issues. The supernatural attributions are based on Aka...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3302 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4301&context=etd |