The Aboriginal group under consideration has complex marriage customs, including a high degree of polygyny. Today, many of the roles within the polygynous family have been made redundant by the introduction of a cash economy. This loss of traditional roles within the family is associated with many cases of psychiatric illness causing moderate or severe social dysfunction. In this preliminary report, no use was made of a matched control group.
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