essay

Folk psychiatry of the Apaches of the Mescalero Indian Reservation

magic, faith, and healing; studies in primitive psychiatry today • New York • Published In 1964 • Pages: 384-419

By: Boyer, L. Bryce.

Abstract
This source, the work of a psychoanalyst, outlines those elements of Apache socialization practices and childhood experience which the author considers most central to personality formation, linking childhood trauma to adult personality disorder. Attention is then turned to Apache beliefs in the supernatural, conceptualization of disease, and the roles of shaman and witch. The concluding sections employ psychoanalytic method in relating the belief system to the modal personality structure.
Subjects
Culture summary
Revelation and divination
Ethnopsychology
Sickness
Behavior processes and personality
culture
Mescalero Apache
HRAF PubDate
2019
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Types
Physician
Psychologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Jan Simpson ; Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1980
Field Date
1958-1961
Coverage Place
Mescalero Indian Reservation, New Mexico, United States
Notes
L. Bryce Boyer
The footnotes containing bibliographic references have been filed in Category 113.
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
64016960
LCSH
Mescalero Indians