Given the increasing burden and treatment gaps of metal disorders in low- and middle-income countries, the world health organization has developed and launched the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) and mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) to help train non-specialists to deliver care (1). However, the role of alternative medicine such as traditional medicine and spiritual therapies is not comprehensively documented. Therefore, this scoping review will identify and map alternative medicine therapies used to manage mental disorders in sub-Saharan Africa.