Living Without Psychiatrists In The Andes: Plight And Resilience Of The Quichua (Inca) People

Living Without Psychiatrists In The Andes: Plight And Resilience Of The Quichua (Inca) People Mario Incayawar, Lise Bouchard, and Sioui Maldonado-Bouchard, 2010   There is an estimated 30 million indigenous peoples in South America. Most of them live in the Andes. Regional states and governments neglect their health care needs and exclude them from the conventional Western health services in general and mental health care in particular. This review first describes this population's current...

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