Soigner les malades mentaux errants dans l’agglomération dakaroise

From a sociological and anthropological perspective, this article tackles the issue of mental health in contemporary Senegal. It explores the different levels of mental disorder care and more specifically, their functioning and framework, as well as their implied logics and representations. The burn...

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Main Author: Papa Mamadou Diagne
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la Santé 2016-11-01
Series:Anthropologie & Santé
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/2171
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Summary:From a sociological and anthropological perspective, this article tackles the issue of mental health in contemporary Senegal. It explores the different levels of mental disorder care and more specifically, their functioning and framework, as well as their implied logics and representations. The burning issue of wandering itself is scrutinized as far as its ties with mental health, urban dynamics and family structure are concerned. This stance leads us consider the logics that tend to account for the different reasons leading to the rupture and disaffiliation mechanisms which result in the eviction of mentally ill people who thence roam in the streets.
ISSN:2111-5028