The importance of faith-based mental healthcare in African urbanized sites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23186341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Akin Ojagbemi (0000-0001-7612-8017, University of Ibadan), Oye Gureje (0000-0003-0094-5947, University of Ibadan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 271-277 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Opinion in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-7367 • E-ISSN: 1473-6578 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/yco.0000000000000590 |
| PMID | 32040040 |
| OpenAlex | W3005952854 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 38 |
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review highlights what current research says about how local beliefs and norms can facilitate expansion of mental healthcare to meet the large unmet need for services in Africa. RECENT FINDINGS: In contemporary Africa, religious beliefs exert important influences on mental health as well as the way people with mental illnesses are viewed and cared for. Mental healthcare practices based on traditional and other religious beliefs, and offered by complementary and alternative health providers (CAPs), reflect the people's culture and are often preferentially sought by a majority of the population. Despite important differences in the worldviews of CAPs and biomedical mental healthcare practitioners in regard to causal explanations, there are nevertheless overlaps in the approaches of both sectors to the management of mental health conditions. These overlaps may provide a platform for collaboration and facilitate the scaling-up of evidence-based mental health services to underserved African populations, especially those residing in ever-expanding urban centres. SUMMARY: Faith-based mental healthcare is an important but informal component of the mental health system in much of Africa. Collaboration between its practitioners and biomedical practice may help to bridge the large treatment gap for mental health conditions on the continent.
Faith · Geography · Health care · Mental health · Mental health care · Mental healthcare · Political science · Psychiatry · Theology · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 2.6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |