The Puerto Rican syndrome
By: Patricia Gherovici.
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Description: During the 1950s, US Army medical officers reported that Puerto Rican soldiers under stress exhibited a theatrical form of pseudo-epilepsy. This work examines the so-called Puerto Rican Syndrome and its social and cultural implications for the growing Hispanic population in the US.