Prayer Camps, Mental Health, and Human Rights Concerns in Ghana

This article discusses the role that Ghana’s prayer camps provide in mental health care and the human rights concerns that are expressed. The article argues for the recognition of both state and nonstate actors in dealing with the problem of mental illness and its related human rights concerns. The...

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Main Author: Benyah, Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 283-308
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ghana / Prayer / Christian camp / Mental health / Human rights violation / Spirit healing / Charismatic movement
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDG Free church
XA Law
Further subjects:B Pentecostalism
B Mental Illness
B Human Rights
B Religion
B prayer camps
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