Traditional and religious healers in the pathway to care for people with mental disorders in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 867-877

  Burns, Jonathan K ^a   Tomita, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Mental disorders; Pathway to care; Traditional healers; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AFRICA; FAITH HEALING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84930201860     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0989-7     Document Type: Review

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