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Why doesn't God say “enough”? Experiences of living with bipolar disorder in rural Ethiopia

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  • Demissie, Mekdes
  • Hanlon, Charlotte
  • Ng, Lauren
  • Fekadu, Abebaw
  • Mayston, Rosie

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Little is known about the specific experience people living with bipolar disorder in rural, low resource settings, where conditions that disrupt normal social interactions are often highly stigmatized and evidence-based treatments are rare.

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  • Demissie, Mekdes & Hanlon, Charlotte & Ng, Lauren & Fekadu, Abebaw & Mayston, Rosie, 2021. "Why doesn't God say “enough”? Experiences of living with bipolar disorder in rural Ethiopia," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 270(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:270:y:2021:i:c:s0277953620308443
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113625
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