Makanjuola R O
Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ife, Nigeria.
Afr J Med Med Sci. 1987 Jun;16(2):53-9.
Twenty Yoruba traditional healers specializing in mental disorders were studied. Two main groups of mental disorders were identified, asinwin (psychotic disorders) and ode ori (a less severe disorder with prominent somatic symptoms). The further sub-categorization of mental disorders was largely on an aetiological basis. The most important aetiological factors identified were: the actions of enemies with major emphasis on the deployment of supernatural forces; self-induced disorders, of which cannabis abuse was the most frequently quoted example; soponna (small-pox) and 'hereditary' factors. The healers' beliefs regarding mode of hereditary transmission of mental disorders were very different from those of modern medicine.
对20名专门治疗精神障碍的约鲁巴传统治疗师进行了研究。确定了两大类精神障碍，即asinwin（精神分裂症）和ode ori（一种症状较轻但有明显躯体症状的障碍）。精神障碍的进一步细分主要基于病因。确定的最重要病因因素包括：敌人的行为，主要强调超自然力量的运用；自我诱发的障碍，其中大麻滥用是最常被提及的例子；天花和“遗传”因素。治疗师关于精神障碍遗传传播方式的信念与现代医学的信念非常不同。
