Tradithérapie et culture en Tunisie

To become healthy and sound people in Tunisia don't hesitates to consult a healer a person able to help them to fight their disease. The authors are interested in this fact. They study the frequency of the calling to the healer and the particularities of the callers. The study is a prospective one, it concerns 103 patients who have consulted at the psychiatric children department of the Razi's hospital during one month. The questionnaire includes 18 items. Information concerning the socio-economic level, the environment, the calling to the healer and the kind of the healer are collected. 56% of our patients have been taking to the healer. In most cases 75%, this visit comes before the consultation to psychiatric children department. The particularities of the callers are: Almost children under 6 years and teenagers. Most of them are coming from a rural area. All the patients surfing from conversion disorder, 75% of the patients surfing from pervasive developmental disorders and 71% of epileptic children. These results will be discussed and the reasons why people prefer calling to a healer will be analysed.