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Mental health services in Kumasi, Ghana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard Laugharne  and
Tom Burns
Richard Laugharne*
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
Tom Burns
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital Medical School Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
*
∗Correspondence
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During March 1998 we had the privilege of visiting the mental health services in Kumasi, Ghana at the invitation of Dr Yaw Osei, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Behavioural Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Science and Technology.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 361 - 363
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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Desjarlais, R., Eisenberg, L., Good, B., et al (1995) World Mental Health. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Foster, E. B. (1962) The theory and practice of psychiatry in Ghana. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 1, 7 51.Google Scholar
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