Migration and Psychopathology of Eskimo Women

JOSEPH D. BLOOMAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.4.446

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Various epidemiological studies have noted the high rate of migration of Eskimo women from their native villages into cities and large rural towns and also their higher rate of psychopathology compared to Eskimo men. The author explores both trends and correlates them, theorizing that the Eskimo woman's dissatisfaction with her low standing in the native culture provides impetus for migration in the hope of marrying a nonnative man. This uprooting, along with unsatisfactory integration into the new culture, may lead to increased psychopathology.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 4 • April 1973

Pages: 446 - 449

PubMed: 4691301

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Published in print: April 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOSEPH D. BLOOM

Private practice at Langdon Psychiatric Clinic, 3401 E. 42nd Ave., Anchorage, Alaska 99504, and is Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Alaska, Anchorage

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