The traditional belief system in relation to mental health and psychiatric services in Sudan

• Main Authors: Sorketti, E.A., Zuraida, N.Z., Habil, M.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Royal College of Psychiatrists UK 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8122/1/The_traditional_belief_system_in_relation_to_mental_health_and_psychiatric_services_in_Sudan.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8122/2/The_traditional_belief_system_in_relation_to_mental_health_and_psychiatric_services_in_Sudan.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8122/; http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/IPv9n1.pdf

Traditional healers’ centres may constitute community resources for people with a mental illness. Traditional healers often have the respect of the population they serve. Many low-income countries are seeking to integrate mental health into their mainstream health services and primary healthcare, s...