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A culture-bound syndrome 'amafufunyana' and a culture-specific event 'ukuthwasa': differentiated by a family history of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.
Psychopathology - 1 Jan 2000
Niehaus D J H, Oosthuizen P, Lochner C, Emsley R A, Jordaan E, Mbanga N I, Keyter N, Laurent C, Deleuze J-F, Stein D J
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BACKGROUND: 'Amafufunyana' and 'ukuthwasa' are two culture-specific descriptive terms used by Xhosa traditional healers to explain aberrant behavioral and psychological phenomena. Some overlap between these conditions and schizophrenia (DSM-IV) is apparent. The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which amafufunyana and ukuthwasa were used as cultural explanatory models by traditional healers for...
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