The mental health of Alaskan natives.

Description: 

Incidence of treated mental disorders in 1968 were compared among five Alaskan native groups. Alcoholism represented the major mental health problem in all groups. Unique patterns emerged for certain other diagnostic categories. Paranoid personality disorders were seen most frequently in Southwestern Indian groups. Depression was characteristic of the larger villages which are predominantly Eskimo.

People: 
Alaska Native
Location Description: 

Alaska AK

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Miscellaneous
Original Date: 
1973
Creator: 
Foulks EF, Katz S.
Rights: 
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Source: 
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 49(1):91-6
Identifier: 
9906008
Subject: 
Alaska, Alcoholism/Epidemiology, Depression/Epidemiology, Ethnic Groups, Humans, Indians, North American, Inuits, Mental Disorders/Epidemiology, Paranoid Disorders/epidemiology, Population Growth, Residence Characteristics, Social Change
Type: 
Journal Article