Clinical experience with Samoans in Auckland, New Zealand.
Samoans constitute the second largest ethnic Polynesian minority group in New Zealand. Generally, this is a socially and culturally deprived group from a European viewpoint. Causative factors of social and emotional stress and coping mechanisms are described. A number of culturally determined syndromes are encountered clinically. These are categorized. A practical, clinical approach to the Samoan patient is suggested.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000850:Anomie; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders; D003469:Culture; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D014905:Independent State of Samoa / Q000208:ethnology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand; D013577:Syndrome