Sociocultural factors influencing adolescent preference and use of native Hawaiian healers

Bell, Catriona; Goebert, Deborah; Andrade, Naleen N.; Johnson, Ronald C.; McDermott, Justin; Hishinuma, Earl S.; Carlton, Barry; Waldron, Jane A.; Makini, George K.; Miyamoto, Robin H.

doi:10.1016/s0965-2299(02)90000-2

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“…We found no difference in gender between patients who had consulted and not consulted traditional healers. Other studies such as Razali and Najib (2000) and Bell et al (2001a) showed similar results. However, in some studies (Bell et al, 2001b), participation in native healing practices was predicted by female gender.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…This was consistent with Sorsdahl et al (2009) who found individuals with little or no formal education were more likely to consult traditional healers than those South Africans who were more educated. Other studies have found no significant relation between patients' education and pattern of help seeking (Bell et al, 2001a;Razali & Najib, 2000).…”

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confidence: 75%

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Role of traditional healers in the pathway to care of patients with bipolar disorder in Egypt

Assad

Okasha

Ramy

et al. 2015

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 77%

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confidence: 75%

Role of traditional healers in the pathway to care of patients with bipolar disorder in Egypt

Assad

Okasha

Ramy

et al. 2015

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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“…This is similar to Bell, Goebert, Miyamoto, et al (2001) who also found that participation in native healing practices was predicted by female gender, as well as Pradhan et al (2013) and Kapur (1979) who found that significantly more females approached THs than males. However, Assad et al (2015), Razali and Najib (2000), and Bell, Goebert, Andrade, et al (2001) found no gender differences in those consulting THs. Our finding therefore suggests that consultation with THs might be gender-related rather than a general societal attitude toward THs.…”

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confidence: 84%

Patterns and factors associated with consulting traditional healers on the care pathway of psychiatric patients in the United Arab Emirates

Adel

Aziz

Tabei

et al. 2023

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Despite the availability of mental health services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reluctance in seeking a mental health professional is widely prevalent. In many countries, psychiatric patients consult Traditional Healers (THs) prior to seeing mental health professionals. Data from the UAE on the pattern of consulting THs is limited. Aims: To investigate patterns and factors for visiting THs in psychiatric patients in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE. Method: We conducted a cross-sectional study of patients attending the adult psychiatry clinic, Maudsley Health, Abu Dhabi. We assessed 214 patients for the pattern and possible factors for contact with THs on their pathway to psychiatric care. Results: There were 58 males and 156 females. Most (43.5%) had a depressive disorder. Prior to consulting a mental health professional, 28% had seen a TH, of whom 36.7% had only one visit and 60% had seen only one TH. Advice from a friend or family member was the commonest reason for consulting THs (81.7%). Envy was the commonest explanation given by THs for symptoms (26.7%). Female gender and having a high school education or less significantly predicted contact with THs. Conclusions: Almost a third of our sample consulted THs prior to seeking psychiatric care. Closer collaboration with THs could help bridge the gap with psychiatrists to avoid delays in patients accessing psychiatric care, however caution is needed to mitigate the possible negative effects of such a collaboration.

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“…In the same vein, it is known that the unique understanding of CAMH and disorders in LMICs especially in Africa has created a situation whereby a significant number of children in need of CAMH services seek alternative mental health services (Bell et al 2001 ; AbdulMalik & Sale, 2012 ; Bakare, 2013 ). The role of alternative mental health services in reducing mental health morbidity has been established in the literature (Stradford et al .…”

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Cross-cultural child and adolescent psychiatry research in developing countries

Atilola

2015

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Mental disorders are currently a major source of morbidity among children and youth globally. The bulk of the epidemiological data about childhood mental health morbidity currently comes from the industrialized countries which paradoxically host a small (about 20%) proportion of global children and youth population. As the world seek to generate more data on the mental health of the teeming children and youth population in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), cross-cultural issues need be considered. This consideration is imperative for reasons which include the high level of ethno-diversity in LMICs; the contextual issues in the conceptualization of normal (and abnormal) childhood across cultures, the cross-cultural nuances in risk and protective factors, and the plurality of nature and expression of childhood psychopathology. As much as it is imperative to do so, advancing cross-cultural child and adolescent research in LMICs will need to overcome challenges such as inclusive sampling and cultural validation of instruments developed in the industrialized countries of the West. Funding, technical resources, and publication bias are other potential challenges. These issues are appraised in this narrative review and some ways forward are proffered.

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Sociocultural factors influencing adolescent preference and use of native Hawaiian healers

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Role of traditional healers in the pathway to care of patients with bipolar disorder in Egypt

Role of traditional healers in the pathway to care of patients with bipolar disorder in Egypt

Patterns and factors associated with consulting traditional healers on the care pathway of psychiatric patients in the United Arab Emirates

Cross-cultural child and adolescent psychiatry research in developing countries

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