Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz). 1990 Feb; 42(2): 96-101.

[Traditional treatment procedures in neurologic-psychiatric diseases in Ethiopia]

Sack G.

Klinik für Neurologie des Bereiches Medizin der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig.

This is a report, based on a one year's stay at the hospital of the Gondar College of Medical Sciences (PDR Ethiopia), on the usage of traditional therapeutic practices as described by patients of the neurologic-psychiatric department in their histories. More frequently than others, psychotic patients, patients suffering from headache, and patients complaining of fits had used traditional treatments before seeking medical help.