Lily N A Kpobi
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 101277 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Lily N A Kpobi |
| NOMBRES | Lily N A |
| APELLIDO | Kpobi |
| FIRMA | KPOBI L N A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7074-5804 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The Nature of ‘Akwankyerɛ’ (Spiritual Directives) in Neo-prophetic Churches in Ghana
Neo-prophetic churches have gained prominence in contemporary religious landscapes in Ghana, often shaping the beliefs and behaviors of their congregants. Although some studies have been devoted to their practices and impact, little has been written specifically about the nature of spiritual directives (akwankyerɛ) in such churches in Ghana. This qualitative study explored the nature of akwankyerɛ and the items typically used for akwankyerɛ in si…
Pluralistic Approaches to Mental Health Care in Ghana
In many African countries, traditional and faith healers are popular options for treating mental health problems. But there are serious concerns about healers engaging in potential human rights abuses. Collaboration between medical professionals and healers has long been proposed to address gaps in mental health services and promote culturally valued care while preventing such abuses. Ghana has pioneered this approach through policy innovations t…
Inverting the deficit model in global mental health
Global mental health [GMH] scholarship and practice has typically focused on the unmet needs and barriers to mental health in communities, developing biomedical and psychosocial interventions for integration into formal health care platforms in response. In this article, we analyse four diverse settings to disrupt the emphasises on health system weaknesses, treatment gaps and barriers which can perpetuate harmful hierarchies and colonial and medi…
Representations of Mental Illness in a Ga Community in Southern Ghana
This study explored lay concepts about and attributions of mental illness in a Ga community in southern Ghana. The study’s sample consisted of 11 Ga men and 12 Ga women, ranging in age from 30-81. Participants completed one-on-one interviews. Participants ascribed to polyphasic attributions of mental illness including biomedical and spiritual explanations. Attributions informed understandings of help-seeking behavior. Stigma was recognized as an …
We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well’
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 of human rights abuses. To mitigate these, there have been calls to develop collaborations between healers and formal health services to optimise available mental health interventions in poorly resourced contexts. For various reasons, attempts to establish such partn…
Thinking about mental health and spirituality from the Indigenous knowledge systems frame of reference
No abstract available
Is the Church a Place of Solace or Frustration
Religion is seen to have both positive and negative impacts on the individual and the society. The present study sought to investigate the impact of neo-prophetic Christianity on the members of neo-prophetic churches in Ghana. Eighty-six congregants of six neo-prophetic churches in Accra and Kumasi were sampled for this study. Methods used in the gathering of data included in-depth interviews, church observations, and focused group discussions. R…
The hermeneutics of recovery
The widespread use of faith-based and traditional healing for mental disorders within African contexts is well known. However, normative responses tend to fall within two camps: on one hand, those oriented towards the biomedical model of psychiatry stress the abuses and superstition of such healing, whilst critics adopting a more ‘local’ perspective have fundamentally challenged the universalist claims of biomedical diagnostic categories and psyc…
“The Prophet Says…”
Muslim Traditional Healers in Accra, Ghana
Traditional and faith healing is a common practice in many low- and middle-income countries due to resource limitations and belief systems, particularly for disorders such as mental disorders. We report on the beliefs about mental illness from the perspective of one category of alternative healers in Ghana-the Muslim faith healers. We also report on their methods of diagnoses and treatment for mental disorders. Results show that the healers' beli…
Traditional herbalists' methods of treating mental disorders in Ghana
The use of traditional medicine for the treatment of various disorders is not a new practice. Indeed, various categories of traditional healers form a large part of the healthcare workforce in many low- and middle-income countries, and given the paucity of mental health professionals in these countries, traditional and complementary medicine practitioners are utilised even more so for mental disorders. In Ghana, efforts have been made to formalis…
Implications of healing power and positioning for collaboration between formal mental health services and traditional/alternative medicine
BACKGROUND: Many current debates about global mental health have increasingly called for collaboration between biomedical and traditional medical health systems. Despite these calls, not much has been written about the variables that would influence such collaboration. To a large extent, collaboration dialogues have considered biomedicine on the one hand, and a wide range of traditional and faith-based treatments on the other hand. However, this …
Mental illness has multiple causes
The present study explored perceived causes of, and preferred treatment approach for, mental illness among congregants of six Neo-prophetic churches in Accra and Kumasi through in-depth interviews. Using thematic analysis, five themes emerged from participants’ causal attributions of mental illness. These included lifestyles and environmental stressors, spiritual causes, interaction of multiple factors, trauma and biological causes. Additionally,…
‘That is how the real mad people behave’
BACKGROUND: Traditional healing methods are considered central to mental health care in low-income countries such as Ghana, because they are perceived to be more easily accessible, more affordable and generally ascribe similar causal beliefs to those of the patients. However, not much is known about the work of traditional healers largely because their methods are shrouded in mysticism and secrecy. There is a need to understand the ideology and b…
Explanatory models of mental disorders among traditional and faith healers in Ghana
Traditional and alternative medicine is an integral part of the mental healthcare system of many African countries. The treatments and practices of these traditional and alternative healers will be influenced by their ideas about the causes and effects of mental disorders. With the concept of explanatory models of illness as a framework, we examined the notions of different categories of traditional and faith healers about mental disorders. Using…
“I'm Here Because of Christ and Worshipping God …”
Many people like to identify as belonging to one church or another. Previous studies have explored the process of switching from one religious group to another, and this process has identified various factors that determine the likelihood and reasons for switching. Although this has been explored, little is known about the factors that influence switching among charismatic Christians in Ghana, and the potential implications of such switching on m…
“It’s only ‘madness’ that I know”
In Ghana, many individuals employ traditional and faith healing for treating illnesses. Although attitudes and knowledge of laypeople on mental illness have been explored, little is known about Christians’ knowledge and how the church influences such knowledge. The present study explored knowledge on definition, types and symptoms of mental illness, church teachings on mental illness and the influence of such teachings on the mental well-being of…
Their Hands Have Lost Their Bones
Somatic Referencing and Psychologisation in Emotion Narratives
Ameka (2002), Dzokoto and Okazaki (2006) and Guerts (2002) have observed a preponderance of somatic references in the communication of emotion in several spoken Ghanaian languages. This suggests that embodiment features prominently in Ghanaian cultural scripts of emotions. Unfortunately, the structure of English—Ghana’s official language due to its British colonial history—does not provide opportunities for somatic referencing in its emotion lexi…
Traditional herbalists' methods of treating mental disorders in Ghana
The use of traditional medicine for the treatment of various disorders is not a new practice. Indeed, various categories of traditional healers form a large part of the healthcare workforce in many low- and middle-income countries, and given the paucity of mental health professionals in these countries, traditional and complementary medicine practitioners are utilised even more so for mental disorders. In Ghana, efforts have been made to formalis…
We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well’
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 of human rights abuses. To mitigate these, there have been calls to develop collaborations between healers and formal health services to optimise available mental health interventions in poorly resourced contexts. For various reasons, attempts to establish such partn…
The hermeneutics of recovery
The widespread use of faith-based and traditional healing for mental disorders within African contexts is well known. However, normative responses tend to fall within two camps: on one hand, those oriented towards the biomedical model of psychiatry stress the abuses and superstition of such healing, whilst critics adopting a more ‘local’ perspective have fundamentally challenged the universalist claims of biomedical diagnostic categories and psyc…
Explanatory models of mental disorders among traditional and faith healers in Ghana
Traditional and alternative medicine is an integral part of the mental healthcare system of many African countries. The treatments and practices of these traditional and alternative healers will be influenced by their ideas about the causes and effects of mental disorders. With the concept of explanatory models of illness as a framework, we examined the notions of different categories of traditional and faith healers about mental disorders. Using…
Their Hands Have Lost Their Bones
Somatic Referencing and Psychologisation in Emotion Narratives
Ameka (2002), Dzokoto and Okazaki (2006) and Guerts (2002) have observed a preponderance of somatic references in the communication of emotion in several spoken Ghanaian languages. This suggests that embodiment features prominently in Ghanaian cultural scripts of emotions. Unfortunately, the structure of English—Ghana’s official language due to its British colonial history—does not provide opportunities for somatic referencing in its emotion lexi…
“It’s only ‘madness’ that I know”
In Ghana, many individuals employ traditional and faith healing for treating illnesses. Although attitudes and knowledge of laypeople on mental illness have been explored, little is known about Christians’ knowledge and how the church influences such knowledge. The present study explored knowledge on definition, types and symptoms of mental illness, church teachings on mental illness and the influence of such teachings on the mental well-being of…
Their Hands Have Lost Their Bones
“I'm Here Because of Christ and Worshipping God …”
Many people like to identify as belonging to one church or another. Previous studies have explored the process of switching from one religious group to another, and this process has identified various factors that determine the likelihood and reasons for switching. Although this has been explored, little is known about the factors that influence switching among charismatic Christians in Ghana, and the potential implications of such switching on m…
Implications of healing power and positioning for collaboration between formal mental health services and traditional/alternative medicine
BACKGROUND: Many current debates about global mental health have increasingly called for collaboration between biomedical and traditional medical health systems. Despite these calls, not much has been written about the variables that would influence such collaboration. To a large extent, collaboration dialogues have considered biomedicine on the one hand, and a wide range of traditional and faith-based treatments on the other hand. However, this …
Mental illness has multiple causes
The present study explored perceived causes of, and preferred treatment approach for, mental illness among congregants of six Neo-prophetic churches in Accra and Kumasi through in-depth interviews. Using thematic analysis, five themes emerged from participants’ causal attributions of mental illness. These included lifestyles and environmental stressors, spiritual causes, interaction of multiple factors, trauma and biological causes. Additionally,…
‘That is how the real mad people behave’
BACKGROUND: Traditional healing methods are considered central to mental health care in low-income countries such as Ghana, because they are perceived to be more easily accessible, more affordable and generally ascribe similar causal beliefs to those of the patients. However, not much is known about the work of traditional healers largely because their methods are shrouded in mysticism and secrecy. There is a need to understand the ideology and b…
Explanatory models of mental disorders among traditional and faith healers in Ghana
Traditional and alternative medicine is an integral part of the mental healthcare system of many African countries. The treatments and practices of these traditional and alternative healers will be influenced by their ideas about the causes and effects of mental disorders. With the concept of explanatory models of illness as a framework, we examined the notions of different categories of traditional and faith healers about mental disorders. Using…
Muslim Traditional Healers in Accra, Ghana
Traditional and faith healing is a common practice in many low- and middle-income countries due to resource limitations and belief systems, particularly for disorders such as mental disorders. We report on the beliefs about mental illness from the perspective of one category of alternative healers in Ghana-the Muslim faith healers. We also report on their methods of diagnoses and treatment for mental disorders. Results show that the healers' beli…
Traditional herbalists' methods of treating mental disorders in Ghana
The use of traditional medicine for the treatment of various disorders is not a new practice. Indeed, various categories of traditional healers form a large part of the healthcare workforce in many low- and middle-income countries, and given the paucity of mental health professionals in these countries, traditional and complementary medicine practitioners are utilised even more so for mental disorders. In Ghana, efforts have been made to formalis…
“The Prophet Says…”
The hermeneutics of recovery
The widespread use of faith-based and traditional healing for mental disorders within African contexts is well known. However, normative responses tend to fall within two camps: on one hand, those oriented towards the biomedical model of psychiatry stress the abuses and superstition of such healing, whilst critics adopting a more ‘local’ perspective have fundamentally challenged the universalist claims of biomedical diagnostic categories and psyc…
Thinking about mental health and spirituality from the Indigenous knowledge systems frame of reference
No abstract available
Is the Church a Place of Solace or Frustration
Religion is seen to have both positive and negative impacts on the individual and the society. The present study sought to investigate the impact of neo-prophetic Christianity on the members of neo-prophetic churches in Ghana. Eighty-six congregants of six neo-prophetic churches in Accra and Kumasi were sampled for this study. Methods used in the gathering of data included in-depth interviews, church observations, and focused group discussions. R…
Representations of Mental Illness in a Ga Community in Southern Ghana
This study explored lay concepts about and attributions of mental illness in a Ga community in southern Ghana. The study’s sample consisted of 11 Ga men and 12 Ga women, ranging in age from 30-81. Participants completed one-on-one interviews. Participants ascribed to polyphasic attributions of mental illness including biomedical and spiritual explanations. Attributions informed understandings of help-seeking behavior. Stigma was recognized as an …
We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well’
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 of human rights abuses. To mitigate these, there have been calls to develop collaborations between healers and formal health services to optimise available mental health interventions in poorly resourced contexts. For various reasons, attempts to establish such partn…
Inverting the deficit model in global mental health
Global mental health [GMH] scholarship and practice has typically focused on the unmet needs and barriers to mental health in communities, developing biomedical and psychosocial interventions for integration into formal health care platforms in response. In this article, we analyse four diverse settings to disrupt the emphasises on health system weaknesses, treatment gaps and barriers which can perpetuate harmful hierarchies and colonial and medi…
Pluralistic Approaches to Mental Health Care in Ghana
In many African countries, traditional and faith healers are popular options for treating mental health problems. But there are serious concerns about healers engaging in potential human rights abuses. Collaboration between medical professionals and healers has long been proposed to address gaps in mental health services and promote culturally valued care while preventing such abuses. Ghana has pioneered this approach through policy innovations t…
The Nature of ‘Akwankyerɛ’ (Spiritual Directives) in Neo-prophetic Churches in Ghana
Neo-prophetic churches have gained prominence in contemporary religious landscapes in Ghana, often shaping the beliefs and behaviors of their congregants. Although some studies have been devoted to their practices and impact, little has been written specifically about the nature of spiritual directives (akwankyerɛ) in such churches in Ghana. This qualitative study explored the nature of akwankyerɛ and the items typically used for akwankyerɛ in si…
Psychology (16 obras) · Mental health (13 obras) · Psychiatry (11 obras) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (10 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Psychotherapist (6 obras) · Faith (5 obras)