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To review the contribution of traditional healers to mental health care in Nigeria and propose policy pathways for integrating traditional and modern psychiatric services.

September 25, 2022Annals of Medicine and SurgeryOpen Access

Impact of traditional healers in the provision of mental health services in Nigeria

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OAOmolayo AnjorinDalhousie University YWYusuf Hassan WadaSociety for Family Health Nigeria

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Review highlights the prominent role of traditional healers in mental health service delivery, suggesting collaborative frameworks and capacity building to reduce complications.

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To review the contribution of traditional healers to mental health care in Nigeria and propose policy pathways for integrating traditional and modern psychiatric services.
Narrative review examining current mental health service delivery systems and the operational burden of traditional healers.
Qualitative synthesis of policy requirements, healthcare barriers, and collaborative interventions across primary care centers.
Traditional healers serve as indispensable frontline care providers due to the limited accessibility, higher cost, and low cultural acceptability of formal psychiatric hospitals.
The absence of structured documentation, oversight, and standardized clinical practices among traditional practitioners increases the risk of harmful interventions and medical complications.
Establishing policy frameworks that foster mutual capacity building, behavioral change, and formal referral pathways between traditional healers and primary health facilities is critical.

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Anjorin et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f95f135aa2c282ce0ee84 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104755

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Review highlights the prominent role of traditional healers in mental health service delivery, suggesting collaborative frameworks and capacity building to reduce complications.

Impact of traditional healers in the provision of mental health services in Nigeria

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Impact of traditional healers in the provision of mental health services in Nigeria

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