Book
SUSTO: an epidemiological study of stress adaptation
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Fitzsimmons, Charles Irving.
Abstract
This study focuses on the disease of susto in the pueblo fo Teotitlan del Valle. Using a number of research methods, such as case study, psychological interview and examination, complete physical examination and neuro-physiological measurements, the author concludes that susto is 'an illness which is essentially a culturally mediated behavior in response to stress.'
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1979
- Field Date
- 1972-1973
- Coverage Date
- 1972-1973
- Coverage Place
- Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Notes
- by Charles Irving Fitzsimmons
- UM74-24858
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153)
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas, Austin, 1974
- LCSH
- Zapotec Indians