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The 'Puerto Rican syndrome' in psychiatry and ESPIRITISMOessay 1977 • Garrison, Vivian
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Garrison studied Spanish-speaking psychiatric patients and clients at several CENTROS. This article is about one patient in particular, named Maria, and her ATAQUE and subsequent treatment. Garrison points out, 'the two types of healers [pyschiatrist...Doctor, espiritista or psychiatrist?article 1977 • Garrison, Vivian
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a study of Puerto Rican folk medicine referred to as 'Spiritualism' (ESPIRITUALISMO), which has it's roots in Santería, an Afro-American syncretic cult; Spiritism (ESPIRITISMO), a southern European religious philosophy; and witchcraft (BRUJER...