A Western Psychiatrist among the Shuar People of Ecuador: Exploring the Role of Healers in Mental Health

Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 67-77

  Obiols Llandrich, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANDORRA   (Andorra)

Author keywords

American anthropologist Michael Harner interest in use of hallucinogenic compounds of Shuar; Ayahuasca or natem Amazonian indigenous peoples usage for centuries; Natem ritual and natem experience self experience to know effects of hallucinogenic substances; Psychiatric practices of Shuar regionally known by pejorative term Jibaros; Shuar community indigenous population of Amazonian rain forest region of Ecuador, in South America; Shuar hallucinogenic use of powerful compound, maikiwua; Shuar people living in Upper Amazon area of Ecuador partially acculturated, maintaining traditional culture, and healing system; Shuar people possibility of witchcraft ever present explanation for most diseases and non violent deaths; Western psychiatrist among Shuar People of Ecuador role of healers in mental health; wishin meaning, in Shuar, shaman man with power, capable of diagnosing and then mobilizing, through precise and complex rituals, supernatural strengths required to produce healing

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EID: 84889354399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470741054.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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