Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria

Many patients in Nigeria consult traditional healers before, or in parallel with, modern psychiatric services. Part of the attraction of traditional medicine for the populace, apart from its lower cost and easier accessibility, may lie in its ‘cultural’ explanatory concepts of the nature and course...

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Autores principales: Olugbile, Olufemi, Zachariah, N. P., Isichei, B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2007
Materias:
Thematic Papers–Traditional Healers
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507907
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spelling pubmed-67347842019-09-10 Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria Olugbile, Olufemi Zachariah, N. P. Isichei, B. Int Psychiatry Thematic Papers–Traditional Healers Many patients in Nigeria consult traditional healers before, or in parallel with, modern psychiatric services. Part of the attraction of traditional medicine for the populace, apart from its lower cost and easier accessibility, may lie in its ‘cultural’ explanatory concepts of the nature and course of mental disorder. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2007-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6734784/ /pubmed/31507907 Text en © 2007 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria
title Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria
title_full Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria
title_fullStr Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria
title_short Nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in Lagos, Nigeria
title_sort nosology and modalities for deciding on the management of patients with psychiatric illness among traditional healers in lagos, nigeria
topic Thematic Papers–Traditional Healers
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6734784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31507907
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