“We are like co-wives”: Traditional healers' views on collaborating with the formal Child and Adolescent Mental Health System in Uganda

Abstract Background Early identification and management of mental illness in childhood and adolescence helps to avert debilitating mental illness in adulthood but the attention given to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) has until recently been low. Traditional healers are often consulted by...

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Main Authors: Angela Akol, Karen Marie Moland, Juliet N. Babirye, Ingunn Marie S. Engebretsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3063-4