Marital conflict in Senegal: an anguished plea from the women

• Published in: Médecine tropicale Vol. 56; no. 4 Pt 2; p. 423
• Main Authors: Mbassa Menick, D, Sylla, O
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 1996
• Subjects: Adult; Cultural Characteristics; Divorce - ethnology; Divorce - psychology; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Marriage - ethnology; Marriage - psychology; Mental Disorders - psychology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Senegal; Women's Health; Senegal

Conjugopathy partner relational problem in its systemic definition is a Western concept that is only partially applicable to situations encountered in Africa. A series of 10 women were carefully studied at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Fann University Hospital Center in Dakar. In the following artic...