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oapen-20.500.12657-862722023-12-23T02:34:10Z COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Africa Ndasauka, Yamikani Africa;Africanness;anxiety;Covid-19 pandemic;consciousness;depression;disinformation;Ebola Viral Disease;Ethics;eastern Africa;Infodemic;Learners with disabilities;Malawi;mental health;mental health experiences;misinformation;Pandemic;Perception;Phenomenology;Preventative Measures;Psychological distress;south Africa;Vaccine Hesitancy;western Africa;Zimbabwe bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology::JMP Abnormal psychology This timely book draws on unique African experiences to explore the intersection between mental health and African communitarianism in the context of COVID-19, giving voice to the perspectives of vulnerable populations facing pre-existing challenges such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Advancing knowledge and contributing to the global debate about the effects of the pandemic on the psychological well-being of African people, chapters critique the role of media, information, misinformation, and disinformation during this period on individual- and community-based mental health. Using a holistic approach, the book highlights the need to prioritise the localising of mental health systems and clinical services to provide a better standard of care and comprehensive, context-specific mental health interventions that consider the heterogeneity within and between African regions. The book demonstrates through nuanced evidence and analysis that communitarian perspectives allow African societies to balance collective solidarity with individual well-being to benefit overall mental health. Ultimately drawing on communal values and localised knowledge to cultivate resilience to fight the psychosocial impacts of COVID-19 in Africa, the book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students and researchers exploring psychology, philosophy of mental health, and public health policy more broadly, as well as and cultural studies and the sociology of pandemics. 2023-12-21T09:47:16Z 2023-12-21T09:47:16Z 2024 book 9781003425861 9781032546315 9781032546308 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86272 eng Routledge Research in Psychology application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781003849872.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003425861 10.4324/9781003425861 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9781003425861 9781032546315 9781032546308 Routledge 265 open access
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This timely book draws on unique African experiences to explore the intersection between mental health and African communitarianism in the context of COVID-19, giving voice to the perspectives of vulnerable populations facing pre-existing challenges such as depression, anxiety, and stress.
Advancing knowledge and contributing to the global debate about the effects of the pandemic on the psychological well-being of African people, chapters critique the role of media, information, misinformation, and disinformation during this period on individual- and community-based mental health. Using a holistic approach, the book highlights the need to prioritise the localising of mental health systems and clinical services to provide a better standard of care and comprehensive, context-specific mental health interventions that consider the heterogeneity within and between African regions. The book demonstrates through nuanced evidence and analysis that communitarian perspectives allow African societies to balance collective solidarity with individual well-being to benefit overall mental health.
Ultimately drawing on communal values and localised knowledge to cultivate resilience to fight the psychosocial impacts of COVID-19 in Africa, the book will be of interest to scholars, postgraduate students and researchers exploring psychology, philosophy of mental health, and public health policy more broadly, as well as and cultural studies and the sociology of pandemics.
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