| A Cree woman reads Jung. | |
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PMID: 12940644 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This article begins with Jung's description of two predicaments which confront the contemporary psychiatrist: 'the mystery of the patient's difference' and the danger of 'committing psychic murder in the name of therapy.' The article then presents the example of one suffering individual from within a non-Western culture who used Jung, as well as her Native culture's traditional knowledge, to find healing. This Cree woman, Yvonne Johnson, created what Jung would call temenos in order to facilitate change and called upon images of theriomorphic guides to manoeuvre within the confines of her suffering. The article concludes by considering how the equivocal language of Jung's analytical psychology may function as an effective bridge between transculturally oriented psychiatrists and their patients, and particularly between Western medical practice and the healing practices of other cultures for whom the word 'medicine' carries a religious connotation. |
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Authors:
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Craig Stephenson |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Transcultural psychiatry Volume: 40 ISSN: 1363-4615 ISO Abbreviation: Transcult Psychiatry Publication Date: 2003 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-08-27 Completed Date: 2003-10-07 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9708119 Medline TA: Transcult Psychiatry Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 181-93 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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University of Essex. craig.stephenson@wanadoo.fr |
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Canada Culture Ethnic Groups* Humans Jungian Theory* Psychiatry* |
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