8. North America

• Published in: Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review
• Main Author: Jilek, W.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1972
• Subjects: General Medicine; Mackenzie Delta; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/136346157200900225; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/136346157200900225

R. L. BERGMAN reports on the Navajo use of the mescaline-containing cactus peyote. He claims that their reactions to the ritual intake of peyote are beneficial and sometimes therapeutic, due to the cultural values and collective expectations which give positive meaning to the use of peyote. Accordin...