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Traditional healers

Respect the local context

In Cambodia, a civil-society organisation is promoting mental-health care at the local level

Stigma and shame

Unacknowledged suffering

To a large extent, Indian society is simply not prepared to deal with mental-health problems

Cultural specificity

Cultural determinants of ‘reality’

In many cultures, the only acceptable way to express mental distress is to point to a physical problem

Psychiatric problems

Metaphysical explanations

In West Africa, traditional or religious practices are often the preferred method of treating mental disorders

School system

Charitable and faith-based initiatives must jump in

The school situation in Burundi is difficult

Vocational training

Front-face customer care

Why vocational training matters in Nairobi’s public-transport industry, and why young women in particular deserve job opportunities

Mental distress

Workplace violence

Students of an international Masters course are doing research on mental- health risks at the workplace

Lake Chad region

Nexus makes sense

In the Lake Chad Basin crisis, humanitarian aid alone will not do – development support and peace promotion are needed too

Social inclusion

The parents’ burden

In India, a growing number of economically disadvantaged parents are sending their children to private schools

University system

Efforts towards inclusion

The impact of public and private education on social inequality in Brazil

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