Psychiatry and folk healing: a dichotomy?



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Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:95-97
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association

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Psychiatry and folk healing: a dichotomy?

P Ruiz and J Langrod

A mental health center's experience with folk healers in a Hispanic urban ghetto revealed a culturally accepted belief system based on a body of empirical knowledge that helps its members to cope with distress. The authors suggest that including folk healers as team members in the delivery of mental health services is a valuable contribution to psychiatry.

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