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C Laderman

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Wayward winds: Malay archetypes, and theory of personality in the context of shamanism.

Social science & medicine (1982) 1988 C Laderman

In comparing shamanistic healing with Western psychotherapy, the principal distinctions advanced by psychiatrists and psychologists have been: (1) that the shaman's patients receive 'remission without insight' while Western psychotherapy provides patients with a learning experience; and (2) that Western psychotherapy is based upon rational theory, whereas psychotherapeutic elements in...