Local knowledge and rural mental health reform
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Community Mental Health Journal
- Vol. 31 (6) , 553-568
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02189439
Abstract
Rural mental health care reform has failed to recognize that service utilization and access is guided by the meaning and explanations that rural dwellers ascribe to symptoms and treatments for mental illness. These meanings and explanations are described here as local knowledge. It is argued that planning for reform in rural mental health service delivery must take into account the local knowledge and explanations for mental illness and its treatment in order to improve rural metnal health.Keywords
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