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.'
Subjects
Personality disorders
Drives and emotions
Adjustment processes
Morbidity
Theory of disease
culture
Zapotec
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