Eastwell H
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1976 Mar;10(1A):89-94.
Associative mental illness occurring in close relatives is described from Numbulwar and Yirrkala Missions, two Aboriginal communities in Eastern Arnhem Land. Since it is a clear example of the influence of culture on mental illness, these factors which facilitate the production of the illnesses are examined. They are (1) cross-identification between members of the clan group; (2) the assumption that mental illness is caused by sorcery which acts to detriment of all the relatives in a clan group, not only on the individual; (3) the belief that mental experiences in general are not private and may be shared by close relatives.
在东阿纳姆地的两个原住民社区——努姆布尔瓦尔和伊尔卡拉传教区，描述了近亲中出现的关联性精神疾病。由于这是文化对精神疾病影响的一个明显例子，因此对促成这些疾病产生的因素进行了研究。这些因素包括：（1）氏族群体成员之间的交叉认同；（2）认为精神疾病是由巫术引起的，巫术不仅对个人，而且对氏族群体中的所有亲属都有损害；（3）普遍认为精神体验不是私人的，近亲之间可以分享。
