Unconventional medicine is widespread in nearly every culture and often used parallel to professional help. This survey evaluates the use of unconventional methods of psychiatric in-patients with vs. without a background of migration.
Unit for Mental Health of Migrants, Westphalian Center, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. hans-joerg.assion@wkp-lwl.org