Pluralism and practicality: village health workers' responses to contested meanings of mental illness in Southern Malawi.

Conclusions add to the call for such task-shifting approaches to work with communities to discern authentic and practical responses to mental distress that mirror the 'pluralism and pragmatism' found in the communities they serve. PMID: 30714836 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30714836?dopt=Abstract

Source: Anthropology and Medicine - February 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Anthropol Med Source Type: research

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