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Cultural response to mental illness in Senegal: Reflections through patient companions--Part I. Methods and descriptive data

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  • Franklin, Robert R.
  • Sarr, Doudou
  • Gueye, Momar
  • Sylla, Omar
  • Collignon, René

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Patient records from the Thiaroye mental hospital in Senegal were analyzed to see if the patterns of persons accompanying patients to the hospital could help portray the community's response to mental illness. A systematic sample of 935 records of initial out-patient visits were examined. Patterns of patient companionship were found to strongly correlate with specific patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Interpretation of these findings helped to clarify both prevailing attitudes toward the mentally ill and the social response and management of mental illness. This article presents the study setting, methods, patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and characteristics of patient companions. The second article in this series examines the statistical associations of companion number, gender and kinship relationship with patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

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  • Franklin, Robert R. & Sarr, Doudou & Gueye, Momar & Sylla, Omar & Collignon, René, 1996. "Cultural response to mental illness in Senegal: Reflections through patient companions--Part I. Methods and descriptive data," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 325-338, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:42:y:1996:i:3:p:325-338
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    1. Neil Quinn, 2007. "Beliefs and Community Responses to Mental Illness in Ghana: The Experiences of Family Carers," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 53(2), pages 175-188, March.

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