Gauteng mental healthcare providers' understanding of cultural and religious illnesses.
South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care February 18, 2025 Ellen M Mathapo-Thobakgale, Fhumulani Mulaudzi, Roinah N Ngunyulu
Background: Cultural and religious illnesses such as spirit possessions are health conditions that are not easily understood by healthcare providers in mental healthcare service institutions. Mental health care providers' understanding is guided by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) that seems to not recognise cultural and religious illnesses as a...
DOI: 10.4102/safp.v67i1.5779 (opens in new tab)
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Phenomenology
Humans
Mental disorders
Mental health services
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