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Working with traditional healers in Harare

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Vikram Patel
Vikram Patel*
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Zimbabwe and Section of Epidemiology & General Practice, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Dr V. Patel, Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, PO Box A178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe
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As an expatriate psychiatrist, working in a new culture has exposed me to the difficulties in practising my profession, and in particular, its limitations. In search of understanding common psychosocial distress in the communities we serve, I have sought to work with traditional healers in the high-density suburbs of Harare city.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , May 1995 , pp. 315 - 316
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