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Traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: a qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use

PURPOSE: Limited information is known from studies regarding traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness and the use of traditional and alternative therapies by mentally ill people in Indonesia. This study explored traditional, religious, and cultural beliefs about causes of...

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Autores principales: Subu, Muhammad Arsyad, Holmes, Dave, Arumugam, Ashokan, Al-Yateem, Nabeel, Maria Dias, Jacqueline, Rahman, Syed Azizur, Waluyo, Imam, Ahmed, Fatma Refaat, Abraham, Mini Sara
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36097886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2123090
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author Subu, Muhammad Arsyad
Holmes, Dave
Arumugam, Ashokan
Al-Yateem, Nabeel
Maria Dias, Jacqueline
Rahman, Syed Azizur
Waluyo, Imam
Ahmed, Fatma Refaat
Abraham, Mini Sara
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Holmes, Dave
Arumugam, Ashokan
Al-Yateem, Nabeel
Maria Dias, Jacqueline
Rahman, Syed Azizur
Waluyo, Imam
Ahmed, Fatma Refaat
Abraham, Mini Sara
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description PURPOSE: Limited information is known from studies regarding traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness and the use of traditional and alternative therapies by mentally ill people in Indonesia. This study explored traditional, religious, and cultural beliefs about causes of mental illness and the use of traditional/alternative treatments for mentally ill patients. METHOD: We adopted a qualitative content analysis method as proposed by Schreier. This study was conducted at a mental Hospital in Indonesia. We interviewed 15 nurses and 15 patients. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis method. RESULTS: Five discrete but interrelated themes emerged: 1) Possessed illness and belief in supernatural forces; 2) Sinful or cursed illness; 3) Witchcraft or human-made illness; 4) traditional/alternative treatments; and 5) Barriers to treatment of mental illness. CONCLUSION: Traditional/alternative treatments play an important role in meeting the need for mental health treatment. The findings are relevant for mental health nurses who provide direct to their patients, and for other areas of mental health practice. We also found a lack of knowledge about the causes of mental illness among patients and families. Education should be at the heart of mental health promotion to raise the level of mental health literacy in Indonesia.
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spelling pubmed-94811142022-09-17 Traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: a qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use Subu, Muhammad Arsyad Holmes, Dave Arumugam, Ashokan Al-Yateem, Nabeel Maria Dias, Jacqueline Rahman, Syed Azizur Waluyo, Imam Ahmed, Fatma Refaat Abraham, Mini Sara Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Studies PURPOSE: Limited information is known from studies regarding traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness and the use of traditional and alternative therapies by mentally ill people in Indonesia. This study explored traditional, religious, and cultural beliefs about causes of mental illness and the use of traditional/alternative treatments for mentally ill patients. METHOD: We adopted a qualitative content analysis method as proposed by Schreier. This study was conducted at a mental Hospital in Indonesia. We interviewed 15 nurses and 15 patients. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis method. RESULTS: Five discrete but interrelated themes emerged: 1) Possessed illness and belief in supernatural forces; 2) Sinful or cursed illness; 3) Witchcraft or human-made illness; 4) traditional/alternative treatments; and 5) Barriers to treatment of mental illness. CONCLUSION: Traditional/alternative treatments play an important role in meeting the need for mental health treatment. The findings are relevant for mental health nurses who provide direct to their patients, and for other areas of mental health practice. We also found a lack of knowledge about the causes of mental illness among patients and families. Education should be at the heart of mental health promotion to raise the level of mental health literacy in Indonesia. Taylor & Francis 2022-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9481114/ /pubmed/36097886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2123090 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Holmes, Dave
Arumugam, Ashokan
Al-Yateem, Nabeel
Maria Dias, Jacqueline
Rahman, Syed Azizur
Waluyo, Imam
Ahmed, Fatma Refaat
Abraham, Mini Sara
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title_full Traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: a qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use
title_fullStr Traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: a qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use
title_full_unstemmed Traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: a qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use
title_short Traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: a qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use
title_sort traditional, religious, and cultural perspectives on mental illness: a qualitative study on causal beliefs and treatment use
topic Empirical Studies
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9481114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36097886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2123090
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