This is a descriptive study of 348 new cases coming to the attention of the Mental Health team serving the Navajo Indian. Tribal affiliation, sex, marital status, age, type of schooling, religion, referral source, disposition, and primary diagnosis are presented and discussed.
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Miller, Sheldon and Schoenfeld, Lawrence. "Grief in the Navajo: Psychodynamics and Culture ", American Psychiatric Association Convention, Washington, D.C.1971.
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Schoenfeld Lawrence S. Lyerly , R. Jeannine, and Miller, Sheldon, I. "We Like Us: The Attitudes of the Mental Health Staff Toward Other Agencies on the Navajo Reservation." Mental Hygiene, 1971, 55, 171-173.
