Traditional health practitioners' understanding of spirit possession in Gauteng province, South Africa.
Health SA = SA Gesondheid 2024 Ellen M Thobakgale, Roinah Ngunyulu, Mavis Mulaudzi 5 citations
Traditional health practitioners (THPs) understand spirit possession as a cultural or religious spirit occupying a person, while the mental healthcare providers understand it as a mental illness. The different understanding is based on manifestations that mimic that of mental illness, such as seeing and hearing things that others cannot see or hear. Spirit possession holds different meanings in...