Understanding the different beliefs about disorders is important in efforts to improve mental health care in developing countries.
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At least half the food eaten by the first Australians came from plants. And in terms of medicines, many different parts of plants were used.
Traditional Aboriginal healers are recognised as having special facilities for healing in childhood and are encouraged to develop their skills. They are often taught by their grandparents.
The medicinal plants that chimpanzees feed on in the wild could hold the key in dealing with common diseases.
Numerous traditional African medicines are undeniably beneficial in treating disease or maintaining good health.
Traditional medicine is believed to be accessible and affordable but should be made complimentary to contemporary medicine in the treatment of mental disorders.
People with albinism tend to identify with the black rather than the white community. Their physical differences, though, mean they don’t fit into either race group.
Could holistic medicine partly explain the ‘Hispanic health paradox’?
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Professor, North-West University
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Senior lecturer/researcher, North-West University
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Dr, Lecturer and researcher, University of Mpumalanga
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Associate Professor in Botany, University of Mpumalanga
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Lecturer in Medical Anthropology, University of Kent
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Visiting Professor of Social Work, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor: Medicinal plant biotechnology, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer, North-West University
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Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Honorary Research Fellow, Monash University
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Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
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PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University
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Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
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PhD candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Post-Doctoral Fellow under Afrique One-ASPIRE, Nangui Abrogoua University
