WEST-AFRICAN BELIEFS ABOUT MENTAL-ILLNESS

TOPIC. Traditional West African beliefs about the cause and treatment of mental illnesses PURPOSE. To demonstrate how learning about West Af rica's cultural beliefs allowed the instructor to teach psychiatric nu rsing in a way that integrated, rather than dismantled, the students' cultural beliefs SOURCE. Content analysis of West African students' wr itten assignments CONCLUSION. Psychiatric/mental health nurses must un derstand the client's culture in order to understand the client.