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 ...

On Oct. 1, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid agency, began reimbursing for traditional ...

The states affected are Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon, which contain just over a quarter of Native Americans. Advocates hope that expanded traditional healing could help more people seek ...

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The visions started when Mirriam Bangisa was a child, coming to her while she slept. Bangisa would see herself wearing beaded clothing and performing traditional dances of her Xhosa tribe as she ...

During the 16 days of activism event at Uncle Tom’s Hall in Soweto, several healers told the commission the law, as it stands, does little to prevent abuse within their sector.

Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College demonstration farm with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain and licorice root. After 10 years, the campus garden ...

Traditional healers often rely on poaching or dodgy markets to get medicinal ingredients. Joining hands with the hunting ...

Traditional healers from Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Philippines will give talks at the third Åmot Kumfirensia, or Chamorro medicine conference. The conference aims to preserve ...

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 ...

BUSHBUCKRIDGE, South Africa (AP) — The walls of Shadrack Mashabane’s hut in the rural South African town of Bushbuckridge are covered with traditional fabrics, with a small window the only source of ...