Mental disease situations in certain cultures—a new field for research.

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Five cultures were used for the data in this article: Eastern Cree, Fuegian, Eskimo, Siberian Arctic, and Malayan. There appears to be no significant correlation or genetic relationship between the higher or lower incidence of mental disorder in general, or of hysteria in particular, and racial heredity, natural environment, and cultural level. Most mental derangement among preliterate peoples has fundamentally the same patterns and probably the same etiology as among civilized peoples. Prevalent cultural patterns appear to have an influence, perhaps an important one, upon mental disease patterns. The study of mental disorders among primitive peoples is an almost virgin field for social, anthropological and psychiatric research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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