Citation

Jones IH, Robinson I. Med. J. Aust. 1977; 2(3): 93, 96.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, Australian Medical Association, Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

895637

Abstract

A case of extreme anxiety is described in an Aboriginal man who believed he had been subjected to magical influences. It is hypothesized that extreme anxiety accompanied by a refusal to eat or drink (the latter feature being part of the Aboriginal belief system under these conditions) is part, or all, of the mechanism of death from magical influences.

Language: en