The Traditional Treatment of the Psychiatric Patient in Nigeria

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healthcare

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S.O

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SLA

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ABSTRACT Fifty Yoruba male patients were interviewed in an outpatient psychiatric clinic in Abeokuta, Nigeria. The interview revealed that most Yoruba people seek traditional healers for their physical and emotional illnesses. The type of treatment obtained from the healers has a significant meaning for each patient who seeks that kind of treatment. The native healers and the (Aladura) Church sect are commonly patronized, followed by the (Alfa) Moslem healers. The type of treatment received by the patients were: native drugs, charms to wear, venesection, exorcism, prayers with candlelight, animal sacrifice, medicinal water for washing, and restraint. A few patients attended the general hospital and health center where they received drugs and injections. It was only a negligible percentage of the patients who sought direct psychiatric care, when they were emotionally ill.

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