Download or read book Culture and Common Mental Disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Vikram Patel and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "epigenetic puzzle" which is schizophrenia, forms the focus of this monograph. The authors approach the non-affective psychoses on a broad epidemiological base, ascertaining cases of so-called "functional" psychosis over a quarter of a century.