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Article ; Online: Voice hearing and pseudoseizures in a Māori teenager: an example of mate Māori and Māori traditional healing.

Bush, Allister / Niania, Wiremu

Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

2012  Volume 20, Issue 4, Page(s) 348–351

Abstract: Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe a Māori traditional healing approach to assessment and treatment of distressing psychiatric symptoms in a young man.: Method: We describe the case of a 17 year old Māori male with voice hearing and ... ...

Abstract Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe a Māori traditional healing approach to assessment and treatment of distressing psychiatric symptoms in a young man.
Method: We describe the case of a 17 year old Māori male with voice hearing and pseudoseizures and the assessment and intervention by one of the authors (WN). We report on the young man's and his family's experience of this treatment. We outline concepts from a Māori world view that illuminate an indigenous rationale for this approach.
Results: A single session traditional Māori healing intervention was associated with immediate resolution of this young man's psychiatric symptoms and restoration of his sense of wellbeing, despite cessation of antipsychotic treatment. He and his family felt satisfied with the cultural explanation about the origin of his distress, which was congruent with their world view. He remained well at follow-up one year later.
Conclusions: Collaboration between psychiatrists and traditional Māori healing practitioners can enhance the mental health care of Māori whaiora (service users) and their families. Indigenous research is required to further evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of such joint approaches.
MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Culture ; Hallucinations/ethnology ; Hallucinations/therapy ; Humans ; Male ; Medicine, Traditional/psychology ; New Zealand ; Oceanic Ancestry Group ; Patient Acceptance of Health Care/psychology ; Spiritual Therapies/psychology
Language English
Publishing date 2012-08
Publishing country England
Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
ZDB-ID 2213198-X
ISSN 1440-1665 ; 1039-8562
ISSN (online) 1440-1665
ISSN 1039-8562
DOI 10.1177/1039856212456090
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