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Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

Introduction: Patients with mental disorders in Malaysia often seek help from traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service. The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence and experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hos...

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Main Authors: Phang , Cheng Kar, Midin, Marhani, Abdul Aziz, Salina
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Published: Malaysian Psychiatric Association 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16325/1/Prevalence.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.163252015-10-29T01:59:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16325/ Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Phang , Cheng Kar Midin, Marhani Abdul Aziz, Salina Introduction: Patients with mental disorders in Malaysia often seek help from traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service. The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence and experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL). Methods: This is a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study of 50 in-patients with first-episode psychosis in HKL. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Clinical Version for Axis I Disorders (SCID-CV) was used for establishing diagnosis. Socio-demographic data, information on help-seeking pathways, and experience of contact with traditional healers were determined through face-to-face interview and semi-structured questionnaires. Results: Twenty seven (54%) of the patients had at least one contact with traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service, and it was the most popular first point of non-psychiatric help-seeking contact (48%). About a quarter of them (24%) had 3 or more contacts with traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service. The most common type of traditional treatment received was prayer (25, 96.3%). Only 2 patients (7.41%) reported having some beneficial effects from traditional treatments. There were two patients who reported having adverse experience with traditional healers. Among those who had sought help from traditional healers, one third was recommended by at least one of their traditional healers to seek medical help. Conclusion: History of contact with traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service was common among inpatients with first-episode psychosis in HKL. There may be potential meaningful collaborations between psychiatrists and traditional healers for better management of patients. Malaysian Psychiatric Association 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16325/1/Prevalence.pdf Phang , Cheng Kar and Midin, Marhani and Abdul Aziz, Salina (2010) Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry, 19 (2). p. 9. ISSN 2232-0385 http://www.mjpsychiatry.org/ English
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description Introduction: Patients with mental disorders in Malaysia often seek help from traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service. The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence and experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL). Methods: This is a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study of 50 in-patients with first-episode psychosis in HKL. Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Clinical Version for Axis I Disorders (SCID-CV) was used for establishing diagnosis. Socio-demographic data, information on help-seeking pathways, and experience of contact with traditional healers were determined through face-to-face interview and semi-structured questionnaires. Results: Twenty seven (54%) of the patients had at least one contact with traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service, and it was the most popular first point of non-psychiatric help-seeking contact (48%). About a quarter of them (24%) had 3 or more contacts with traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service. The most common type of traditional treatment received was prayer (25, 96.3%). Only 2 patients (7.41%) reported having some beneficial effects from traditional treatments. There were two patients who reported having adverse experience with traditional healers. Among those who had sought help from traditional healers, one third was recommended by at least one of their traditional healers to seek medical help. Conclusion: History of contact with traditional healers prior to consulting psychiatric service was common among inpatients with first-episode psychosis in HKL. There may be potential meaningful collaborations between psychiatrists and traditional healers for better management of patients.
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author Phang , Cheng Kar
Midin, Marhani
Abdul Aziz, Salina
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Midin, Marhani
Abdul Aziz, Salina
Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
author_facet Phang , Cheng Kar
Midin, Marhani
Abdul Aziz, Salina
author_sort Phang , Cheng Kar
title Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
title_short Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
title_full Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
title_fullStr Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.
title_sort prevalence & experience of contact with traditional healers among patients with first-episode psychosis in hospital kuala lumpur.
publisher Malaysian Psychiatric Association
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16325/1/Prevalence.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16325/
http://www.mjpsychiatry.org/
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