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The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in africa paperback may 1 2015 by emmanuel akyeampong editor allan g hill editor arthur kleinman editor 1 rating see all formats and editions. Mental illness is a phenomenon in all societies the predominance of preliterate societies in subsaharan africa before the nineteenth century meant fewer written records on medical systems that could enable us to study mental illness in precolonial africa and the efficacy of traditional african therapeutic systems. The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in africa december 2017 journal of mental health 2711 1 doi 101080 0963823720171417576. The culture of mental illness and psychiatric practice in africa by emmanuel akyeampong editor allan g hill editor arthur kleinman editor william murphy contribution by victoria de menil contribution by. In many african countries mental health issues including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma have not been adequately addressed these essays shed light on the treatment of common and chronic mental disorders including mental illness and treatment in the current climate of economic and political instability access to health care access to medicines and the impact of hiv aids