West African beliefs about mental illness.
OBJECTIVE
Traditional West African beliefs about the cause and treatment of mental illnesses.


OBJECTIVE
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.


METHODS
Content analysis of West African students' written assignments.


CONCLUSIONS
Psychiatric/mental health nurses must understand the client's culture in order to understand the client.
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D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007988:Liberia; D008297:Male; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D016746:Transcultural Nursing