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The Frequency of Psychiatric Patients Using Traditional and Spiritual Medicine | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 132, 2016, Pages 9-15 | ||
| Author | ||
| Saadoun D.A. AL-Jiboori | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Traditional medicine is generally defined as the sum total of all knowledge and practices whether explicable or not, used in diagnosing, preventing and eliminating physical, mental or social imbalances. The aim of this study is to detect the frequency of psychiatric patients who are using traditional medicine. Also to detect Traditional Healers' diagnoses and treatment. Seven hundred and fifty two patients were assessed by a semi structured interview, during the interview patients with experience of traditional healing were collected in a structured manner using eight item data gathering sheet that was designed specifically for the purpose of this study. This study shows significant difference between patients using traditional medicine, in regarding sex (69% of females and 18.8% of males), residence (62.2% of rural and 12.6% of urban) , and educational level of the patients (68.6%of the illiterate patients are healers attendance and there is no patient from the level of university). Large number of patients and their families believe in traditional medicine. These beliefs postponed effective psychiatric treatments. Religious men, media channels and civil organization should take their responsibility to advice people about the dangerous of superstitious beliefs regarding psychiatric disorders. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| The Frequency of Psychiatric Patients Using Traditional and Spiritual Medicine | ||
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