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...we endeavour to produce ‘emotionally sensed knowledge’ about responses to death in Senegal and contribute to the cross-cultural study of emotions. This is an edited version of a post that first appeared on the Death in the Family in Urban Senegal: Bereavement, Care and Family Relations project’s website and we are grateful for their permission to republish it....

...care team were obvious. The shades were drawn, and the room was quiet except for the sounds of a waterfall playing in the background. I closed the door behind me to keep out the florescent lighting and beeping monitors and chatting of the nurses. But with the closing of the door, I also kept out the sounds of the living. The intern had been right. I inwardly cursed him...

...care and management of psychotic disorders where delusions and hallucinations are prominent. In a study of patients with psychosis, Olli Kampman and colleagues found that self-recognition of one’s psychotic state was an important factor when predicting engagement with treatment. However, it seems that self-recognition of symptoms is only one of several factors affecting...