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Cultural Embeddedness of Health, Illness and Healing: Prospects for Integrating Indigenous and Western Healing Practices

Tholene SodiUniversity of Limpopo, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Olaniyi BojuwoyeUniversity of the Western Cape, South Africa
Pages 349-356 | Published online: 01 May 2014

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Mmatlou Shai & Tholene Sodi. (2015) Pathways to mental health care by members of a rural community in South Africa. Journal of Psychology in Africa 25:3, pages 191-194.
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Justin Thomas, Nowf Al-Qarni & Steven W. Furber. (2015) Conceptualising mental health in the United Arab Emirates: the perspective of traditional healers. Mental Health, Religion & Culture 18:2, pages 134-145.
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Stephen D Edwards. (2014) Integral approach to South African psychology with special reference to indigenous knowledge. Journal of Psychology in Africa 24:6, pages 526-532.
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Salome Thilivhali Sigida & Tholene Sodi. (2023) Ancestral calling as identity and the rite of passage: The case of Vhavenḓa indigenous healers. Pharos Journal of Theology 104:1.
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Sinethemba Shange & Eleanor Ross. (2022) “The Question Is Not How but Why Things Happen”: South African Traditional Healers’ Explanatory Model of Mental Illness, Its Diagnosis and Treatment. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 53:5, pages 503-521.
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Augustine Nwoye. (2021) Frequently asked questions about African psychology: another view. South African Journal of Psychology 51:4, pages 560-574.
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Augustine Nwoye. (2020) African psychology: from acquiescence to dissent. South African Journal of Psychology 51:3, pages 464-473.
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Sarah H.M. Wong, Faye Gishen & Amali U. Lokugamage. (2021) ‘Decolonising the Medical Curriculum‘: Humanising medicine through epistemic pluralism, cultural safety and critical consciousness. London Review of Education 19:1.
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Tony V. Pham, Rishav Koirala, Milton L. Wainberg & Brandon A. Kohrt. (2020) Reassessing the Mental Health Treatment Gap: What Happens if We Include the Impact of Traditional Healing on Mental Illness?. Community Mental Health Journal 57:4, pages 777-791.
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Nare J. Masola, Salome T. Sigida & Elizabeth M. Khorommbi. (2019) Spiritual diagnostic criteria in an African setting: The case of baruti in Limpopo province, South Africa. Theologia Viatorum 43:1.
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Volkan Koç & Gülnihal Kafa. (2018) Cross-Cultural Research on Psychotherapy: The Need for a Change. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 50:1, pages 100-115.
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Brianna Rose Bakow & Kathy Low. (2018) A South African Experience: Cultural Determinants of Ukuthwasa. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 49:3, pages 436-452.
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Augustine Nwoye. (2017) African psychology and the emergence of the Madiban tradition. Theory & Psychology 28:1, pages 38-64.
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Emma R Johnston. (2015) South African clinical psychology’s response to cultural diversity, globalisation and multiculturalism: a review. South African Journal of Psychology 45:3, pages 374-385.
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Stephen D Edwards. (2014) The role of rural universities in developing psychology in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology 45:1, pages 50-59.
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Sumaya Laher. (2014) An overview of illness conceptualizations in African, Hindu, and Islamic traditions: towards cultural competence. South African Journal of Psychology 44:2, pages 191-204.
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