Citation

Poinso F, Vedie C. Ann. Med. Psychol. (Paris) 1991; 149(8): 663-672; discussion 672-673.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Societe Medico-Psychologique, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1776722

Abstract

315 patients admitted to the psychiatric hospital of Nouville, New-Caledonia, during the year 1987, are examined. There are several ethnies: Melanesians, Europeans, Wallisians. Europeans are admitted for depression, suicide and neurotic troubles. On the contrary Melanesians and Wallisians are admitted for acute and chronic psychotic troubles above all. Maniac-depressive illness exists in every ethny. There are a lot of psychopathological hypothesis. Indigenous medicine of Melanesians in New-Caledonia has a great part in the distribution of diagnostics.

Language: fr

Keywords

Ethnicity; Female; Hospitalization; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; New Caledonia