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Profiles and outcome of traditional healing practices for severe mental illnesses in two districts of Eastern Uganda

BACKGROUND: The WHO estimates that more than 80% of African populations attend traditional healers for health reasons and that 40%–60% of these have some kind of mental illness. However, little is known about the profiles and outcome of this traditional approach to treatment. OBJECTIVE: The purpose...

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Autor principal: Abbo, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CoAction Publishing 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21845144
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v4i0.7117