Epstein G
Ment Health Soc. 1978 Jan;4(1-2):36-44.
In the setting of Jerusalem's Eastern-Jewish immigrant communities, the author tests the hypothesis that non-Western societies have a theory of disease causation which is at variance with a Western model. What emerges from participant observation, informal interviews, and a formal questionnaire supports the hypothesis, reveals changing attitudes over time, and identifies a category of disease-causation which merits further investigation. These observations may be valuable in the identification of epidemiological aspects of disturbed behavior associated with supernatural beliefs.
