title: Voice hearing and pseudoseizures in a Māori teenager: an example of mate Māori and Māori traditional healing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to describe a Māori traditional healing approach to assessment and treatment of distressing psychiatric symptoms in a young man.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the case of a 17 year old Māori male with voice hearing and pseudoseizures and the assessment and intervention by one of the authors (WN). We report on the young man's and his family's experience of this treatment. We outline concepts from a Māori world view that illuminate an indigenous rationale for this approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A single session traditional Māori healing intervention was associated with immediate resolution of this young man's psychiatric symptoms and restoration of his sense of wellbeing, despite cessation of antipsychotic treatment. He and his family felt satisfied with the cultural explanation about the origin of his distress, which was congruent with their world view. He remained well at follow-up one year later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Collaboration between psychiatrists and traditional Māori healing practitioners can enhance the mental health care of Māori whaiora (service users) and their families. Indigenous research is required to further evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of such joint approaches.
authors: Māori Mental Health Service, Capital Coast District Health Board, Porirua, New Zealand. allister.bush@ccdhb.org.nz
authors: Allister
authors: A
authors: Bush
authors: Wiremu
authors: W
authors: Niania
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003469:Culture; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000523:psychology*; D009520:New Zealand; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D026443:Spiritual Therapies / Q000523:psychology