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When Traditional and Western Medicine Offer Different Explanations

The traditional healer said my depression is caused by disconnection from my ancestors, but my therapist says it's chemical imbalance, and I need help but don't know which path to trust.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing paradigms of healing force individuals to choose between worldviews rather than integrate multiple forms of wisdom.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African traditional healing traditions?”

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