Salish Indian mental health and culture change
Subtitle: psychohygienic and therapeutic aspects of the guardian spirit ceremonial
By: by Wolfgang G. Jilek.
Series: Cultures and communities, a series of monographs : native peoples
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Coast Salish Indians -- Psychology.; Coast Salish Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.; Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Psychology.; Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Rites and ceremonies.
Description: Dr. Jilek, a psychiatrist, tries to define the psychohygienic and therapeutic aspects of the Salish Guardian Spirit Ceremonial, and to evaluate the relative importance of these aspects in their culture yesterday and today.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 120-131.