book chapter
Elements of psychotherapy in Navaho religion
Psychiatry • 4 • Published In 1941 • Pages: 515-523
By: Leighton, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), Leighton, Dorothea Cross.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors, both psychiatrists and students of the Navajo, analyzed a typical Navajo healing ceremony and point out its many psychotherapeutic elements. They urged that Euro-American medical personnel study and make use of the Navajo point of view toward healing. Instead of regarding the medicine man as a quack witchdoctor, they propose that Euro-American doctors include him in their treatment of the ill. Thus, the Leightons believed, Euro-American medicine would be more readily acceptable to the Navajo who would, at the same time, have the psychological assistance of his own religion. The material in this article was greatly expanded in the authors' book THE NAVAHO DOOR, 3: Leighton and Leighton in this file.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Music
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Religious experience
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychiatrist
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1870-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo reservation, southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alexander H. Leighton and Dorothea C. Leighton
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 40007255
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians