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The Puerto Rican syndrome

by Patricia Gherovici

Puerto RicansMental healthHysteriaPsychoanalysisHistoryHispanic AmericansMental DisordersDiagnosis

During the 1950s, US Army medical officers reported that Puerto Rican soldiers under stress exhibited a theatrical form of pseudo-epilepsy. This work examines the so-called Puerto Rican Syndrome and its social and cultural implications for the growing Hispanic population in the US.

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