Ancestor Reverence and Mental Health in South Africa

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-207

  Berg, Astrid ^a  

^a NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ancestor reverence; archetypes; collective unconscious; self; traditional healing rituals

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DANCING; DREAM; ETHNOLOGY; HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CULTURE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALING; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIRITUALISM;

EID: 0041368778     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461503402004     Document Type: Article

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