A global perspective on mental health : the role of clinical psychology and the interaction between traditional healing and formal mental health systems

OverviewThis portfolio has three parts.Part One: A systematic literature review, in which the available research regarding the interaction of traditional healers and formal mental health professionals, from the perspective of both types of practitioners, is reviewed.Part Two: A qualitative exploration of how clinical psychologists, trained in the United Kingdom, construct their work in countries classified as low to middle income. Taking the form of a social constructionist thematic analysis, informed by Foucauldian Discourse Analysis.Part Three: Appendices for both part one and two. The appendices also include a reflective statement and epistemological statement