Abstract
This section opens with a tentative classification made by P. M. YAP of atypical culture-bound reactive syndromes and of atypical and typical syndromes of "reactive psychosis." The second paper, by G. DEVEREUX, deals with hypnosis and suggestion in primitive societies and suggests some differences between primitive and industrialized societies in that respect. This is followed by a brief critical summary of a book on trance and possession states, edited by R. PRINCE. More and more articles are being written on the cultural bases of psychiatry and psychotherapy: in the fourth paper of this section, S. K. PANDE gives an Eastern view of these cultural bases inasmuch as they are reflected in what he presents as primary characteristics of Western psychotherapy. M. LORR reports on a study in which the Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Scale was administered to samples of functional psychotics in six countries: twelve clusters or syndromes were obtained for all samples. Finally, D. R. GORHAM endeavors to demonstrate how basic cultural patterns are reflected in responses obtained among seventeen cultural samples to the Holtzman Inkblot Technique.
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