Stakeholders’ perspectives about the impact of training and sensitization of traditional and spiritual healers on mental health and illness
A qualitative evaluation in Ghana
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BACKGROUND: Prayer camps and traditional healers have emerged recently as alternative sources of mental health care in Ghana. To increase their knowledge and collaboration between formal and informal mental health care providers, training and sensitization was organized for them. AIMS: This study aimed at assessing beneficiaries' views about the impact of this intervention. METHODS: We adopted narrative approach to qualitative enquiry using purposive sampling strategy to recruit formal and informal mental health care providers in Ghana for an in-depth interview. We analyzed the data thematically using QSR NVivo 12. RESULTS: Participants enhanced their knowledge about mental health and illness. They reported increased collaboration between formal and informal health care providers. Community psychiatric nurses (CPNs) give injections to patients instead of chaining and using shackles as was initially practiced. There are also regular visits by CPNs to traditional and spiritual healers to discuss the care of the mentally ill patients in their facilities. CONCLUSION: There has been an increased collaboration among healers of mental illness resulting in quick recovery of patients who seek care at traditional and spiritual healers. There is also abolition of chaining and using of shackles by these healers, with increasing respect for the human rights of patients
Environmental health · Intervention (counseling) · Mental health · Mental illness · Narrative · Nonprobability sampling · Population · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Nursing · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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