Witchcraft (Sorceries)

An act of employing sorcery (the use of power gained from the assistance or control of spirits), especially with malevolent intent, and the exercise of supernatural powers and alleged intercourse with the devil or a familiar. (From Webster, 3d ed)

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Networked: 220 relevant articles (9 outcomes, 13 trials/studies)

Relationship Network

Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Mushi, Declare: 3 articles (01/2018 - 03/2014)
2.	Rosenheck, Robert: 3 articles (03/2016 - 01/2016)
3.	Stefanovics, Elina: 3 articles (03/2016 - 06/2014)
4.	Reis, Ria: 2 articles (01/2022 - 10/2013)
5.	Ahmed, Mohammed: 2 articles (01/2021 - 01/2020)
6.	Lund, Patricia: 2 articles (01/2021 - 12/2018)
7.	Taylor, Julie: 2 articles (01/2021 - 12/2018)
8.	Preux, Pierre-Marie: 2 articles (04/2019 - 01/2019)
9.	Walker, Richard: 2 articles (01/2019 - 03/2014)
10.	Mtuya, Chauka: 2 articles (01/2018 - 03/2014)

Related Diseases

1.	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) 01/01/2011 - "Women who endorsed the belief linking HIV to witchcraft had a higher likelihood of unprotected sex with a main partner, whereas women who endorsed the belief that a cure for AIDS was being withheld had a lower likelihood of having had unprotected sex. " 05/09/2019 - "Associations between misconceptions and HIV transmission were found: HIV can be transmitted by a handshake (aOR = 3.45[2.34-5.68]; p = 0.000), HIV can be cured (aOR = 2.01[2.12-5.04]; p = 0.004) and HIV/AIDS can be transmitted by witchcraft (aOR = 3.12[3.21-7.26]; p = 0.001). " 08/01/2006 - "The perceived weaknesses of the traditional healing system include harmful treatment regimens, especially for people living with HIV/AIDS; prolonging the seeking of appropriate health care when traditional remedies fail to produce the desired effect; destroying interpersonal relationships of people living with HIV/AIDS through witchcraft accusations; psychological torment caused by the belief that HIV/AIDS can be cured by traditional remedies/intervention; and increasing the workload of western practitioners who are requested by patients to conduct multiple HIV tests after undergoing various traditional treatment regimens to cure HIV/AIDS. " 01/01/2006 - "Many people in all villages reported belief in both a 'real' (natural) AIDS, which leads to certain death, and a similar illness caused by witchcraft, which can be cured using traditional medicine. " 02/01/1996 - " For example, people may be unaware of TB and its symptoms; believe that TB is a disease sent from God, or caused by magic or witchcraft; believe that TB affects only those who are bad or cursed; believe that TB cannot be cured; consider TB patients to be unclean; and link TB with AIDS, leading to social stigmatization and discrimination. "
2.	Infections 01/01/2023 - "Perceived causes of illnesses included: fate and natural causes, spirits attacks, curses by elders, witchcraft, contagion and infections, poor hygiene, heredity, and malevolent actions. " 05/01/2015 - "Since the breaking up of witchcraft from medicine, there are still supplication applied in the treatment and prevention of diseases, including those of internal medicine, external medicine, women's and children's diseases, disease of the sense organs, and infections. " 01/01/1985 - "The major perceived causes of epilepsy reported were heredity, witchcraft, and brain damage, in that order, not infection. " 01/01/2020 - "The most endorsed causes of epilepsy were brain injury/infection (75.8%), evil spirit/witchcraft (73.0%), God's will (70.0%), and infection by contact (64.9%). " 01/01/1994 - "Forty six pc (193 of 420, students attributed epilepsy to heredity, brain injury, brain infection and witchcraft in that order. "
3.	Malaria 09/06/2023 - "Individual and cultural barriers included fear of malaria tests and beliefs associating witchcraft as the best treatment for malaria. " 01/01/2021 - "The participants linked anaemia to naturalistic (malaria, poor nutrition and the local illnesses kakozi and kapamba), societal (the local illness msempho) and supernatural or personalistic (witchcraft and Satanism) causes. " 04/24/2015 - "Foul wind, spirits and witchcraft: illness conceptions and health-seeking behaviour for malaria in the Gambia." 09/01/2010 - "Using extended ethnographic field research and multiple methods, we argue a shift from narrow single-disease approaches to malaria during pregnancy is required and document women's concerns about exposure to multiple vulnerabilities during pregnancy, including witchcraft, extramarital affairs, and multiple dangerous illnesses. " 04/01/1998 - "Under these circumstances, the model of malaria may be complemented with the logic of witchcraft. "
4.	Epilepsy (Aura) 01/01/2023 - "Epilepsy was generally perceived to be the result of witchcraft, evil spirits, or curses. " 01/01/2023 - "Participants commonly defined epilepsy as a "falling disease," perceived to be caused by witchcraft, and were unaware of the association between T. solium and epilepsy. " 11/01/2021 - "Throughout history, epilepsy was plagued by mystical misconceptions involving either demonic possessions, witchcraft, or divine interventions. " 01/01/2021 - "Epilepsy is thought to be caused by witchcraft, evil spirit, and God's punishment for sins in many developing countries. " 01/01/2021 - "Majority (33%) of the respondents indicated that epilepsy is caused by possession of evil spirits or witchcraft. "
5.	Hernia (Hernias) 11/01/1993 - "Of the respondents, 32.9% said they had never seen a seizure; 67.7% said they did not know the cause of epilepsy; 33.3% mentioned various causes including heredity, witchcraft, infection of the spinal cord, hernia; 40.6% believed epilepsy was infectious through physical contact, flatus, breath, excretions, sharing food; 36.8% believed epilepsy could not be cured and 17.1% believed it could not even be controlled; 45.3% believed epilepsy could be treated by traditional healers, and only 50.8% believed hospital drugs were of any use; and 62.7% of the respondents would not allow an epileptic child to go to school for various reasons, including mental subnormality (54.0%), fear of the child falling while alone (65.9%), and fear that the epileptic child would infect other children (11.2%). " 04/11/2017 - "Common diagnoses provided by TH included liver problem, abscess, witchcraft, poison, hernia, side pain, mushroom in the belly and toothache. "

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Solutions
2.	Hallucinogens (Psychedelics)
3.	Coffee
4.	Poisons
5.	Smoke
6.	Powders
7.	Hormones (Hormone)
8.	Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide (FAD)
9.	Caustics
10.	COVID-19 Vaccines

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Traditional Medicine (Folk Remedies)
2.	Hypnosis (Mesmerism)
3.	Condoms (Condom)
4.	Contraception (Birth Control)
5.	Faith Healing (Healing, Prayer)