Comprehensive overview of publications on Ethiopia published between c. 1957 up to 1990. The 5433 entries are arranged according to the following broad subject areas: Bibliographies - History of Ethiopianist studies - Studies on manuscripts, documents, archives and library resources - Travellers and foreigners - History - Cultural geography and demography - Politics and law before 1974 - Politics, law and revolutionary development after 1974 - Peasantry and the rural sector before 1974 - Peasantry and the rural sector after 1974 - The urban sector - Modernization, communications, industry and economic development - Social structure and social change - Drought and famine; refugees and resettlement - International relations - Ethnoregional conflicts - Education - Health and health care - Ethnomedicine, traditional healing, disease history - Folklore, magic, oral traditions - Music - Material culture, architecture, arts and crafts - Christian and hagiographical literature - Religion and missions - Ethnography and ethnology. An author index is included

Ethiopian society and history: a bibliography of Ethiopian studies 1957-1990

Many psychiatrists assert that an expansion of mental health services in the developing countries is overdue. This will only take place if: (i) the tasks of mental health care are undertaken by a wide range of non-specialist health workers, including those responsible for primary health care; and (ii) services are directed initially at a very limited range of priority conditions. The method of priority selection is discussed, and the process required for translation of priority decisions into health action is exemplified by two illustrations.

Psychiatric priorities in developing countries.

Introduction Developing Personal Knowledge about Books Narrative Narration and Point of View Narrative Structure, Time and Cohesion Character, Setting and Themes Language and Style Genres and Traditional Stories Fantasy, Realism and Writing about the Past Reading and Responding to Fiction Fiction for the Classroom Keeping in Touch with Children's Books Select Bibliography Children's Books

Exploring Children′s Literature

Rural health development in Ethiopia. Problems of utilization of traditional healers.

The psychiatric morbidity in 465 outpatients seen at a general hospital in western Ethiopia was found to be 18% The great majority of cases had neurotic conditions often with a somatic shading, only six were psychotic A few were themselves aware that they were suffering from mental disorders There was no tendency for the mental disorders to be correlated to somatic disorders The psychiatric morbidity rate seemed increased in women, in younger patients and in patients with higher educational level and income

Rahel Mesfin

Papers

Ticket to Heaven. Psychiatric illness in a religious community in Ethiopia.