Collaboration Between Traditional Practitioners and Primary Health Care Staff in South Africa: DevelopinG a Workable Partnership for Community Mental Health Services

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-628

  Campbell Hall, Vicky ^a   Petersen, Inge ^a   Bhana, Arvin ^a   Mjadu, Sithembile ^a   Hosegood, Victoria ^b   Flisher, Alan J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

collaboration; mental health; South Africa; traditional practitioners

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIGION; RITUAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FAITH HEALING; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAGIC; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALING; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77957976277     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461510383459     Document Type: Article

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