Revisiting Psychotherapeutic Practices in Karnataka, India: Lessons from Indigenous Healing Methods

Varghese, Kelamparampil; Gopal, Baiju; Thomas, Tissy Mariam

doi:10.1080/14635240.2011.10708219

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“…Complementary and alternative care providers (CAPs), including traditional and faith healers, are important stakeholders in mental health care in developing countries (Gureje et al, 2015; Nortje, Oladeji, Gureje, & Seedat, 2016), serving many with mental health problems (Galabuzi, Agea, Fungo, & Kamoga, 2010; Kurihara, Kato, Reverger, & Tirta, 2006; Latypov, 2010; Mbwayo, Ndetei, Mutiso, & Khasakhala, 2013; Varghese, Gopal, & Thomas, 2011). Traditional healers share worldviews and belief systems (Campbell & Amin, 2014; Thornton, 2009) with their patients, and are generally more accessible and affordable than biomedical health care (Farooqi, 2006; Gureje et al, 2015; Nortje et al, 2016).…”

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Collaboration Between Biomedical and Complementary and Alternative Care Providers: Barriers and Pathways

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We examined the scope of collaborative care for persons with mental illness as implemented by traditional healers, faith healers, and biomedical care providers. We conducted semistructured focus group discussions in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria with traditional healers, faith healers, biomedical care providers, patients, and their caregivers. Transcribed data were thematically analyzed. A barrier to collaboration was distrust, influenced by factionalism, charlatanism, perceptions of superiority, limited roles, and responsibilities. Pathways to better collaboration were education, formal policy recognition and regulation, and acceptance of mutual responsibility. This study provides a novel cross-national insight into the perspectives of collaboration from four stakeholder groups. Collaboration was viewed as a means to reach their own goals, rooted in a deep sense of distrust and superiority. In the absence of openness, understanding, and respect for each other, efficient collaboration remains remote. The strongest foundation for mutual collaboration is a shared sense of responsibility for patient well-being.

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Training in Cultural Competence for Mental Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of Students, Faculty, and Practitioners from India and USA

Raval,

Gopal,

Aggarwal

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Cult Med Psychiatry

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Although the need to train clinicians to provide effective mental health care to individuals from diverse backgrounds has been recognized worldwide, a bulk of what we know about training in cultural competence (CC) is based on research conducted in the United States. Research on CC in mental health training from different world populations is needed due to the context-dependent nature of CC. Focusing on India and USA, two diverse countries that provide complementary contexts to examine CC, we explored graduate students’, practicing clinicians’, and faculty members’ perspectives regarding CC training they received/provided and future training needs using mixed-methods. The data were collected using focus groups (n = 25 groups total: 15 in India, 11 in USA), and a survey (n = 800: 450 in India, 350 in USA). Our data highlight the salient social identities in these countries, and the corresponding constituents of CC training. Participants in India described a practical emphasis to their CC training (e.g., learning about CC through life experiences and clinical practice experiences) more so than through coursework, whereas participants in USA described varying levels of coursework related to CC along with practice. Participants in both countries considered enormity of CC as a challenge, while those in the US also identified CC training limited to a white, straight, male perspective, hesitancy in engaging with diversity topics, and limited time and competence of the faculty. Strengths of CC training in India and USA are mutually informative in generating recommendations for enhancing the training in both countries.

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Effectiveness of traditional healers in treating mental disorders: a systematic review

Nortje

Oladeji

Gureje

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The Lancet Psychiatry

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Revisiting Psychotherapeutic Practices in Karnataka, India: Lessons from Indigenous Healing Methods

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Collaboration Between Biomedical and Complementary and Alternative Care Providers: Barriers and Pathways

Collaboration Between Biomedical and Complementary and Alternative Care Providers: Barriers and Pathways

Training in Cultural Competence for Mental Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of Students, Faculty, and Practitioners from India and USA

Effectiveness of traditional healers in treating mental disorders: a systematic review

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