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 Africa's cultural beliefs allowed the instructor to teach psychiatric nursing in a way that integrated, rather than dismantled, the students' cultural beliefs. SOURCE: Content analysis of West African students' written assignments. CONCLUSION: Psychiatric/mental health nurses must understand the client's culture in order to understand the client.
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