Two papers by R. PRINCE examine the similarities and differences between the individual delusions of the psychotic and the "delusional system" of the Ras Tafari messianic beliefs held by some thirty thousand Negroes of Jamaica. While it is clear that members of such cults are not psychotic, it is suggested that their beliefs have similar functions to those of the psychotic. M. H. BEAU BRUN and H. FIRTH compare members of Alcoholics Anonymous in Trinidad- Tobago with those of Alcoholics Anonymous in London.
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