A Traditional African Psychiatrist

Keywords

Empiricism, MAGIC (telescope), Mental illness, Epistemology, Psychology

References

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• Persuasion and HealingJerome D. Frank — 2024

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• HEBI SANI: MENTAL WELL BEING AMONG THE WORKING CLASS AFRO-SURINAMESE IN PARAMARIBO, SURINAMEAminata Cairo — 2007
• Psychiatric practice and the exigencies of the state: an ethnomedical view.Horacio Fàbrega — 1990
• The practices of traditional healers in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Roma Valley, Lesotho.Moliehi Agatha. Tsĕhlo-Ramonate — 2015
• Margaret Clark's Enduring Contribution to Latino Studies in Medical AnthropologyCarole H. Browner — 1994
• Identity on trial: Self and other in central African psychotherapyJohan Pottier — 1985
• Physicians of Western medicine: An introductionRobert A. Hahn, Atwood D. Gaines — 1982
• The contribution of social science to international health training.Maureen J. Giovannini, Ann Brownlee — 1982
• Hypnotizability and the use of traditional dhami-jhankri healing in nepalAmitava Biswas, Donna See, Manuela M. Kogon — 2000
• Attitudes towards mental health problems in TanzaniaSusan Reynolds Whyte — 1991
• MODEL COURSE IArthur J. Rubel — 1977
• Psychiatric Perspectives in Africa. Part II: The Traditional ViewpointEllen Copin, Ciles Bibeau — 1980
• Struggles for Control: the Social Roots of Health and Healing in Modern AfricaSteven Feierman — 1985
• Measuring Stress Among Luo Elders: Development of the Luo Perceived Stress ScaleGillian H. Ice, Jaja Yogo — 2005
• Many medicines in one: Curing in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New GuineaAdell Johannes — 1980
• Traditional treatment for mental illness in Africa: A reviewRobert B. Edgerton — 1980
• The interface of dual systems of health care in the developing world: toward health policy initiatives in Africa.Charles M. Good, John M. Hunter, Selig H. Katz — 1979
• A glimpse into traditional outlook towards health: A literature reviewSamir Al‐Adawi — 1993

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