Severe illness with anxiety following a reputed magical act on an Australian aboriginal.
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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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Medical journal of Australia
دوره 2 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977