Psychology Research and Applications
Cultural and Local Concepts of Mental Illness among Rwandans Living in Finland and Belgium
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- Jean d’Amour Banyanga*
Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Social Science, Developmental Psychology, Åbo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland
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