It Is Left to Me and My God
Precarity, Responsibility, and Social Change in Family Care for People with Mental Illness in Ghana
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 3751340 |
|---|---|
| Autores | U M Read (0000-0002-9482-7898), Read, Read Read, Solomon Nyame (0000-0003-0419-7237), Nyame, Nyame Nyame |
| Ano | 2019 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 3 |
| Data de publicação | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Africa Today (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0001-9887 • E-ISSN: 1527-1978 |
| Editora | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/africatoday.65.3.02 |
| OpenAlex | W2954266270 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 12 |
| Referências citadas | 14 |
It has been argued that family care contributes to better outcomes for severe mental illness in Africa, and family care is championed as an alternative to institutional treatment; however, poor households are experiencing increasing precarity under global economic changes, which can be exacerbated by chronic illness. This article draws on an ethnographic study in Ghana to explore how families negotiate the tension between the moral imperative to provide care and the challenges of daily life with severe mental illness. Changes in family life, household costs, and migration can threaten the ability to meet the needs of a severely ill relative and fulfill social ideals of solidarity and responsibility. Such challenges raise questions for the viability of community-based models of mental healthcare in low-resource settings
Left behind · Mental health · Mental illness · Precarity · Psychiatry · Sociology · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Gender Studies · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Obras citantes distintas | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 3 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 11 |