essay
The 'Puerto Rican syndrome' in psychiatry and ESPIRITISMO
Case studies in spirit possession • New York • Published In 1977 • Pages: 383-449
By: Garrison, Vivian.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 and ESPIRITISTA] classify the same feelings and behaviors in similar ways as illnes or health and have similar treatment goals. To a lesser extent they have similar treatment techniques, but they view these within very different systems of conceptualization of the self and world,' (page 443).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personality disorders
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Spirits and gods
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Medical Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 19866-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1966-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Vivian Garrison
- 'A Wiley-Interscience publication.'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-449)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76026653
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--United States