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The British Journal of Psychiatry (1965) 111: 1079-1085. doi: 10.1192/bjp.111.480.1079
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Ethnopsychiatry in Central Australia

II. The Evolution of Illness in a Walbiri Lineage

J. E. CAWTE M.D., D.P.M.1 and M. A. KIDSON M.B., B.S., D.P.M.2

1 Senior Lecturer, Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia
2 Registrar, Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Mental illnesses occurring in Walbiri Aborigines were studied on an ethnopsychiatric field trip to central Australia. It is regarded as important to try to establish whether an evolution of mental illness patterns is taking place during the rapid acculturation of Australian Aborigines, and if so, what is its nature. The mental illness data of a Walbiri lineage are presented, and some complexities of the situation are discussed. If an evolution is taking place, genetic as well as cultural factors could be at work.

Submitted on December 22, 1964






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