Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists
From a cultural perspective, traditional healing has had a substantial impact on psychiatric management in rural African communities, but the services provided by traditional healers are not integrated with the mental health services provided by primary healthcare. In Sudan, modern psychiatry has se...
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| author | Randa Ahmed Abdalrheem Altamih Osman Kamal Osman Elmahi |
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| description | From a cultural perspective, traditional healing has had a substantial impact on psychiatric management in rural African communities, but the services provided by traditional healers are not integrated with the mental health services provided by primary healthcare. In Sudan, modern psychiatry has seen minimal development beyond the capital city of Khartoum. In rural communities, traditional health practitioners (THPs) are the first point of entry to mental health services. Effective collaboration between THPs and consultant psychiatrists should be encouraged by the introduction of health education that targets THPs, especially in rural communities. This would facilitate the integration of mental health services into primary healthcare and help achieve universal health coverage for psychiatric disorders in Sudan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d298e30259f647118cf054caf6d5111a2023-08-16T11:00:49ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych International2056-47402058-62642023-05-0120293010.1192/bji.2022.27Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatristsRanda Ahmed Abdalrheem Altamih0Osman Kamal Osman Elmahi1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-3255Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SudanResearcher, Faculty of Medicine, Ibn Sina University, Khartoum, Sudan. Email:From a cultural perspective, traditional healing has had a substantial impact on psychiatric management in rural African communities, but the services provided by traditional healers are not integrated with the mental health services provided by primary healthcare. In Sudan, modern psychiatry has seen minimal development beyond the capital city of Khartoum. In rural communities, traditional health practitioners (THPs) are the first point of entry to mental health services. Effective collaboration between THPs and consultant psychiatrists should be encouraged by the introduction of health education that targets THPs, especially in rural communities. This would facilitate the integration of mental health services into primary healthcare and help achieve universal health coverage for psychiatric disorders in Sudan.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056474022000277/type/journal_articleHistory of psychiatryprimary careSudantraditional psychiatrycommunity mental health teams |
| spellingShingle | Randa Ahmed Abdalrheem Altamih Osman Kamal Osman Elmahi Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists BJPsych International History of psychiatry primary care Sudan traditional psychiatry community mental health teams |
| title | Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists |
| title_full | Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists |
| title_fullStr | Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists |
| title_short | Social interactions within the Sudanese healthcare system: traditional healers and psychiatrists |
| title_sort | social interactions within the sudanese healthcare system traditional healers and psychiatrists |
| topic | History of psychiatry primary care Sudan traditional psychiatry community mental health teams |
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