Year: 1985 Source: International Congress for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention, (13th: 1985: Vienna), 4p. SIEC No: 19861175

The obvious material wealth of the Europeans still creates occasional outbursts of self destructive behvior in Papua, New Guinea, known as “Cargo Cult: activities. People believe that sacrifice will bring them the goods being brought to the country by aircraft & ships. Law enforcement is usually the only effective intervention. The psychopathology of this strange phenomenon is dicussed. NBB