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Social and Cultural Considerations in Accessing Mental Health Treatment in The Gambia, West Africa.

Njai, Safiya
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3112-5135
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1671467818805059

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2022, Ph.D., Antioch University, Antioch Seattle: Counselor Education & Supervision.
This study examines the social and cultural considerations in accessing mental health treatment in The Gambia, West Africa. Participants were recruited from The Gambia for a qualitative study that included semistructured interviews (N = 17). A team of analysts identified five themes. The results highlighted social and cultural conceptualizations of mental health and mental illness, sociocultural determinants of health, interventions, barriers to care, and the legal framework to support mental health change. These findings are important for counselors to understand different perceptions of mental health and mental illness and the associated stigma. Furthermore, several opportunities for advocacy in The Gambia have resulted from this study.
Colin Ward, PhD (Committee Chair)
Stephanie Thorson-Olesen, PhD (Committee Member)
John Conteh, EdD (Committee Member)
76 p.
Cognitive Therapy; Counseling Education; Counseling Psychology; Psychotherapy
mental illness; mental health; The Gambia; Africa; mental illness stigma; social; cultural; poverty; multicultural counseling; social justice advocacy; traditional healing; decolonization of counseling; psychotherapy

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  • Njai, S. (2022). Social and Cultural Considerations in Accessing Mental Health Treatment in The Gambia, West Africa. [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1671467818805059

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Njai, Safiya. Social and Cultural Considerations in Accessing Mental Health Treatment in The Gambia, West Africa. 2022. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1671467818805059.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Njai, Safiya. "Social and Cultural Considerations in Accessing Mental Health Treatment in The Gambia, West Africa." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1671467818805059

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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