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Lily Kpobi

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CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteREGIONAL INST. OF POP. STUDIES
DepartmentREGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Mental health
Publications

50

Citations

875

H-index

18

i10-index

21

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
17.5
Most cited paper
77
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:02
Publications

50 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Traditional herbalists’ methods of treating mental disorders in Ghana
LNA Kpobi, L Swartz, CN Omenyo
2019 Transcultural psychiatry 56 (1), 250-266, 2019 Social Sciences 77
‘The threads in his mind have torn’: conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders by neo-prophetic Christian healers in Accra, Ghana
LNA Kpobi, L Swartz
2018 International journal of mental health systems 12 (1), 40, 2018 Health Sciences 72
Indigenous and faith healing in Ghana: A brief examination of the formalising process and collaborative efforts with the biomedical health system
L Kpobi, L Swartz
2019 African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 11 (1), 1-5, 2019 Health Sciences 61
Implications of healing power and positioning for collaboration between formal mental health services and traditional/alternative medicine: the case of Ghana
L Kpobi, L Swartz
2018 Global health action 11 (1), 1445333, 2018 Health Sciences 61
‘That is how the real mad people behave’: Beliefs about and treatment of mental disorders by traditional medicine-men in Accra, Ghana
L Kpobi, L Swartz
2018 International Journal of Social Psychiatry 64 (4), 309-316, 2018 Health Sciences 57
Indigenous and faith healing for mental health in Ghana: An examination of the literature on reported beliefs, practices and use of alternative mental health care in Ghana
L Kpobi, L Swartz
2019 African journal of primary health care & family medicine 11 (1), 1-5, 2019 Health Sciences 52
Challenges in the use of the mental health information system in a resource-limited setting: lessons from Ghana
L Kpobi, L Swartz, AL Ofori-Atta
2018 BMC health services research 18 (1), 98, 2018 Health Sciences 49
Inverting the deficit model in global mental health: An examination of strengths and assets of community mental health care in Ghana, India, Occupied Palestinian territories …
K Mathias, N Bunkley, P Pillai, KA Ae-Ngibise, L Kpobi, D Taylor, K Joag, ...
2024 PLOS Global Public Health 4 (3), e0002575, 2024 Health Sciences 44
“It’s only ‘madness’ that I know”: analysis of how mental illness is conceptualised by congregants of selected Charismatic churches in Ghana
J Salifu Yendork, L Kpobi, EA Sarfo
2016 Mental Health, Religion & Culture 19 (9), 984-999, 2016 Humanities 43
Ghanaian traditional and faith healers' explanatory models for epilepsy
L Kpobi, L Swartz, MJ Keikelame
2018 Epilepsy & Behavior 84, 88-92, 2018 Social Sciences 41
Muslim traditional healers in Accra, Ghana: Beliefs about and treatment of mental disorders
LNA Kpobi, L Swartz
2019 Journal of religion and health 58 (3), 833-846, 2019 Humanities 34
Mental illness has multiple causes: Beliefs on causes of mental illness by congregants of selected neo-prophetic churches in Ghana
J Salifu Yendork, GB Brew, EA Sarfo, L Kpobi
2018 Mental Health, Religion & Culture 21 (7), 647-666, 2018 Humanities 31
Ghanaian traditional and faith healers' explanatory models of intellectual disability
L Kpobi, L Swartz
2019 Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 32 (1), 43-50, 2019 Social Sciences 30
‘We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well’: A visual exploration of what promotes successful collaboration between community mental health workers and …
L Kpobi, UM Read, RK Selormey, E Colucci
2024 Transcultural Psychiatry 61 (1), 30-46, 2024 Health Sciences 26
The hermeneutics of recovery: Facilitating dialogue between African and Western mental health frameworks
C Kong, M Campbell, L Kpobi, L Swartz, C Atuire
2023 Transcultural Psychiatry 60 (3), 428-442, 2023 Health Sciences 24
Explanatory models of mental disorders among traditional and faith healers in Ghana
L Kpobi, L Swartz
2018 International Journal of Culture and Mental Health 11 (4), 605-615, 2018 Health Sciences 24
Somatic referencing and psychologisation in emotion narratives: A USA–Ghana comparison
VA Dzokoto, A Opare-Henaku, LA Kpobi
2013 Psychology and Developing Societies 25 (2), 311-331, 2013 Social Sciences 22
Thinking about mental health and spirituality from the Indigenous knowledge systems frame of reference
L Ned, L Kpobi, C Ohajunwa
2022 Disability Studies Quarterly 41 (4), 2022 Health Sciences 19
Their hands have lost their bones: Exploring cultural scripts in two West African affect lexica
V Dzokoto, N Senft, L Kpobi, PM Washington-Nortey
2016 Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 45 (6), 1473-1497, 2016 Social Sciences 17
Exploring the use of antibiotics for dental patients in a middle-income country: interviews with clinicians in two Ghanaian hospitals
J Sneddon, W Thompson, LNA Kpobi, DA Ade, IA Sefah, D Afriyie, ...
2022 Antibiotics 11 (8), 1081, 2022 Health Sciences 16
Overview of mental healthcare in Ghana
L Kpobi, A Osei, A Sefa-Dedeh
2014 Changing Trends in Mental Health Care and Research in Ghana. Accra: Sub …, 2014 Health Sciences 16
Is contemporary christianity promoting or hindering mental health in Africa? An exploration of the impact of charismatic church activities and doctrines on the mental well …
JS Yendork, L Kpobi, EA Sarfo
2020 Christianity and social change in contemporary Africa: Volume one, 81-112, 2020 Health Sciences 8
“The Prophet Says…”: A qualitative analysis of the mechanisms for inducing compliance among congregants of neo-Pentecostal Churches in Ghana
J Salifu Yendork, A Amponsah, EA Sarfo, L Kpobi
2020 Pastoral psychology 69 (3), 249-266, 2020 Social Sciences 8
Representations of mental illness in a Ga community in Southern Ghana
VA Dzokoto, AO Tutu, L Kpobi, KH Banks, AG Ryder
2023 Journal of Black Psychology 49 (4), 435-465, 2023 Social Sciences 7
A research agenda for mental health in sub-Saharan Africa
T Sodi, M Abas, M Abdulaziz, A Amos, RA Burgess, C Hanlon, A Kakunze, ...
2024 nature medicine 30 (3), 616-617, 2024 Health Sciences 6