title: [10 cases of psychosis in Mapuche indians].
abstract: Ten Mapuche indians have been studied with the purpose of observing the particularities of mental disorders in this ethnic group, composed of rural migrants. In each case a syndromatic and an etiological diagnosis has been made. Our cases correspond to six women and four men with an average age of 24.5 years. All are single with a low educational level. Our results show a great frequency of the acute oniroid psychotic syndrome. These results agree with a retrospective study made by Muñoz et al (1966) who found the same syndrome in 66.6% of their Mapuche patients against only 16.3% in non Mapuche chilean patients.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007199:Indians, South American; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Estudio de diez casos de psicosis en mapuches.