Collaboration between traditional healers and psychiatrists in Sudan

• Main Authors: Sorketti, E.A., Zuraida, N.Z., Habil, M.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Royal College of Psychiatrists UK 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine; RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8127/1/Collaboration_between_traditional_healers_and_psychiatrists_in_Sudan.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8127/2/Collaboration_between_traditional_healers_and_psychiatrists_in_Sudan.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8127/; http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/IPv7n3.pdf; http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/IPv7n3.pdf

The importance of traditional healing in low- and middle-income countries cannot be underestimated. It is generally perceived as part of the prevailing belief system and traditional healers are often seen as the primary agents for psychosocial problems in these countries; estimates of their ser...