Non-affective psychosis in traditional Andean culture.
Marucela Uscamayta Ayvar, Rodolfo Sanchez Garrafa, Javier I Escobar, Carla Gallo, Abraham Vaisberg, Giovanni Poletti, Gabriel A De Erausquin
Transcultural psychiatry February 1, 2025 DOI: 10.1177/13634615221099795 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA case of non-affective psychosis was treated first by traditional Inka healers and later by Western-trained psychiatrists. The traditional Inka psychopathological framework offered empirical support for the cross-cultural stability of the Kraepelinian dichotomy, suggesting that the distinction between affective and non-affective psychoses holds across different cultural contexts.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 1 |
| Population | Individual with non-affective psychosis |
| Keywords | Explanatory models Indigenous peoples Kechwa Psychopathology Psychosis |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key finding | Traditional Inka psychopathology provided empirical support for the transcultural stability of the Kraepelinian dichotomy. |
Abstract
We report a case of non-affective psychosis with a brief discussion of the phenomenology and its characterization and treatment by traditional Inka healers and eventually by Western-trained psychiatrists. Traditional Inka psychopathology provided empirical support for the transcultural stability of the Kraepelinian dichotomy.