Lars Braitmayer

Global mental health and trauma exposure: the current evidence for the relationship between traumatic experiences and spirit possession.

European Journal of Psychotraumatology November 19, 2015 Tobias Hecker, Lars Braitmayer, Marjolein Van Duijl 50 citations

Background: We present a literature review on trauma exposure and spirit possession in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite the World Health Organization's objective of culturally appropriate mental health care in the Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020, and the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee to consider local idioms of distress and to collaborate with local...