Seven healers used combinations of healing methods, nine healers practiced mainly psychic healing, eight practiced healing by hands, and seven by prayer, one healer used incantations.
None of these Ugandan studies specifically addressed traditional healers' practices, neither did they emphasize severe psychiatric illnesses (psychosis); they concentrated on common mental disorders.
Burial rituals, traditional healer practices, illegal healthcare practices, ineffective contact tracing of exposed persons and a weak healthcare infrastructure are major contributing factors to the ongoing Ebola transmission in this setting.
To deal with such causes there are many varieties of indigenous healers who practice elaborate rituals on behalf of both the physically ill and the mentally afflicted.
The indigenous healing tradition has been passed down orally for many generations and the descendentants of some Maya healers still practice to this day, largely in the Yucatan region of Mexico.
She is the beneficiary of lots of therapy, faith (not in the institution of the Church, but in Jesus, Mary and the Holy Spirit), and a community of healers who practice massage, yoga, reiki, herbal remedies, laying on of hands, spiritual counseling, and connection to other worlds (especially those who have left this earth, including her father).
My work is to envision myself as a healer, to practice and believe in my healing powers as if Jesus really meant it when he said, "anything I have done, you can do, too, and even more".
In the 1990s an estimated number of at least 7000 healers were practicing and treating clients, most of whom were lay healers and non-medical Complementary and Alternative Medicin (CAM) practitioners (German "Heilpraktiker") [ 3].
3) Traditional healers: 'Kabiraj', whose practice is based on diet, herbs, and exercise.
Eight of the healers learned their practice from their ancestors while others learned from a spirit, God or by other means (Table 1).
