Contribution of Cuenta Conmigo to Palgrave
"The Palgrave handbook of sociocultural perspectives on global mental health" that was published early 2017 contains a chapter on Cuenta Conmigo. If you would like to know more on the founding history of Cuenta Conmigo, the context of it all and the main successes and challenges... We are very proud that we could contribute to this book that is being used in classes on transcultural psychiatry all over the world.
Story Contest
A short story of Cuenta Conmigo as part of the story contest of Kleine Goede Doelen (in Dutch).
Article in the Tico Times
This article on Cuenta Conmigo was published in the Tico Times in March 2015.
Article in el Nuevo Diario
A Spanish article about psychiatry in Nicaragua by Claudia Pineda (Board Member of Cuenta Conmigo) in a Nicaraguan newspaper.
Article of the psychologist of Cuenta Conmigo
An experience of many: a true story by the psychologist of Cuenta Conmigo, Lic. Roberto Soza. (Translation: Nancy Vogel)
Article in magazine by WFSAD
An article about Cuenta Conmigo by Karla Liseth Alaniz Matus (ex-Board Member of Cuenta Conmigo) in the magazine of the World Fellowship of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders. (Translation: Liesbeth Swolfs)
Article in book
An article about Cuenta Conmigo by Rimke van der Geest (projectmanager in the Netherlands) in the book Essays for an anthropologist. (Translation: Wendy Nelissen)
Source: S. van der Geest & M. Tankink (eds) Theory and action: Essays for an anthropologist. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij AMB, 2009, pp. 197-202
Book Mejor Dejarlo Tranquilo
A book by Rimke van der Geest about psychosis and poverty in Nicaragua, based on an antropological study.
This book is based on anthropological research and assistance in the Nicaraguan city of Matagalpa. During a period of five years, the author visited families with one or more members suffering from a psychotic disorder. The touching stories of four of those families, are recorded in this book. They are about poverty, violence and the futile quest for a cure.
The title ‘Its best to leave them alone’, relates to the survival strategy the families use out of necessity to make it through the day as best as possible, after years of struggle.
Apart from the families, social workers and people from the neighbourhood also tell their stories. This way the reader gets an idea of the assistance for psychotic patients that is available in Matagalpa and how society thinks about them. At the ending the author describes how she and family members have set up a self-help organization to cope with psychoses and the problems related to it.
The author has meant for students, social workers and policymakers to gain insight from this book on the problems on psychosis in Nicaragua. It is also a plea for psychiatric homecare and involving family members in the treatment of psychotic patients.
Now also available as an e-book!: e-book Mejor dejarlo tranquilo
Easy (and free) to download. Just create and account with a username and a password.
Rimke van der Geest: Mejor dejarlo tranquilo. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij AMB, 2009, Spanish
Review book Mejor Djarlo Tranquilo
Comments in Spanish by Claudia Pineda (Board Member Cuenta Conmigo) on the book Mejor Dejarlo Tranquilo
Review book Mejor Djarlo Tranquilo
Comments in Spanish by René Pérez Montiel (clinical psychologist, working at Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de la Salud) on the book Mejor Dejarlo Tranquilo.
