NiaNia Wiremu, Bush Allister, Epston David
Māori Healer Tohunga, Te Kuwatawata, Primary Mental Health Service, Tairawhiti District Health Board, Gisborne, New Zealand.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Te Kākano o Te Aroha, Māori Mental Health Service, Te Whare Mārie, Capital Coast District Health Board,Porirua, New Zealand.
Australas Psychiatry. 2019 Aug;27(4):345-347. doi: 10.1177/1039856219833792. Epub 2019 Mar 12.
This article describes the voice hearing experiences of a young Māori man, and the joint Māori healing and psychiatry assessment he received, in which the Māori healer (WN) concluded that some of the young man's experiences could be accounted for by ancestral (spiritual guardians).
are commonly accepted in (the Māori world) as an explanation for some types of voice hearing experiences. Collaboration between a Māori healer and a psychiatrist can offer Māori (individuals and families) more appropriate mental health assessment and intervention than conventional psychiatric assessment alone when Māori spiritual experiences are suspected.
本文描述了一位年轻毛利男子的幻听经历,以及他接受的毛利传统疗愈与精神病学联合评估,其中毛利疗愈师(WN)得出结论,该男子的一些经历可由祖先(灵性守护者)来解释。
在(毛利世界),这通常被认为是对某些类型幻听经历的一种解释。当怀疑毛利人有灵性体验时,毛利疗愈师与精神病医生的合作能为毛利人(个人和家庭)提供比单纯传统精神病学评估更合适的心理健康评估和干预。