Titre : | Mental Health as a Public Health Issue. The Social Determinants of Schizophrenia: An African Journey in Social Epidemiology. (2012) |
Auteurs : | BURNS (Jonathan K.) |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Public Health Reviews (vol. 34, n° 2, 2012) |
Pagination : | (18p.) |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Afrique ; Epidémiologie ; Psychopathologie ; Schizophrénie ; Facteur psychosocial ; Urbanisme ; Migration ; Ethiopie ; Afrique du Sud ; OMS |
Résumé : | The author reviews nearly 50 years of epidemiological research on psychosis and schizophrenia in Africa; and argues that novel and flexible methods are required in contemporary efforts to study schizophrenia in the region. Specific contexts require specific approaches that are relevant and sensitive to local political, socio-economic and cultural conditions and dynamics. The future role of social epidemiology in helping clarify the burden, risk factors and natural history of schizophrenia within Africa depends largely on its success in integrating classic approaches with novel methods that are relevant to the specific socio-economic, political and cultural transformations taking place on that continent. |
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