Curanderismo; Mexican-American folk psychiatry
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TextNew York, NY Free Press c1968Description: xiii, 207p.; bibliog.; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- GN477.1 .K5 1968
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1 Prescientific psychiatry. 2 Mexican-Americans; an overview. 3 The curandero. 4 General views of illness and health. 5 Psychological conflicts of Mexican-Americans: the less severe disorders. 6 Psychological conflicts of Mexican-Americans: the severe disorders. 7 Diagnosis and treatment. 8 The therapeutic value of curanderismo. 9 Conclusion: The relative merits of curanderismo and dynamic psychotherapy
'...contains instructive crosscultural references to Aztec and Mayan traditions; to observation in the Mohave or Ojibwa Indians; to the differences between Mexican-American and Puerto Rican folk psychiatry, etc. Thus its range extends far beyond the narrow confines of curanderismo.
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