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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...
Autor principal: | Abbo, Catherine |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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