A regulatory body for traditional healers is calling on practitioners to register their practices to uphold ethical standards, prevent misconduct and safeguard communities. THE PROFESSIONAL ...

In places like Uganda, mental health issues are often still linked to spirits. — -- Before the sun rises, psychiatric nurse Immaculate Owembabazi makes her way to a small district hospital in the ...

Mongolian shamans beat wicker drums to summon ancestral spirits. A Peruvian man in a headdress unleashes a piercing ululation ...

WOTE, Kenya (RNS) Across Africa, many people believe mental illness is caused by curses, witchcraft or demons. In such places, traditional medicine has long remained the first line of treatment. But a ...

A grassroots traditional healer organisation is building bridges with South African hunters to legally obtain muti products in a sustainable way, an initiative that throws the largely white, ...

Azure Bouré, traditional food and medicine program coordinator for the Suquamish Tribe in Washington state, is pictured with her son Ryan Bouré at a nutrition workshop. State health officials said ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a leading cause of mental health disability worldwide, with over 112 million individuals suffering from the disorder at some point in their lives. It afflicts ...

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has welcomed the City of Tshwane Municipality’s decision to grant special leave for employees undergoing Ukuthwasa training, which is the training to become a ...

Candles illuminate the small room where Gregorio Vargas lays out on a table the tarot cards, one of his tools to remedy ills and problems or to tie up impossible loves in Diriomo, a town famous for ...