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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798435403321

Titolo

Global mental health : anthropological perspectives / / edited by Brandon Kohrt and Emily Mendenhall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-42805-9

1-315-42804-0

1-315-42803-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Collana

Anthropology and Global Public Health ; ; v.2

Altri autori (Persone)

KohrtBrandon

MendenhallEmily <1982->

Disciplina

306.4/61

Soggetti

Social medicine

Medical anthropology

Mental health services

World health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2015 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Anthropological Perspectives on Global Mental Health; 1. Historical Background: Medical Anthropology and Global Mental Health; 2. Anthropological Methods in Global Mental Health Research; Part I: Social and Structural Origins of Mental Illness in Global Context; 3. Water, Worry, and Doña Paloma: Why Water Security is Fundamental to Global Mental Health; 4. Life in Transit: Mental Health, Temporality, and Urban Displacement for Iraqi Refugees

5. Reconnecting Hope: Khat Consumption, Time, and Mental Well-Being among Unemployed Young Men in Jimma, Ethiopia6. The Greater Good: Surviving Sexual Violence for Schooling; 7. Grandmothers, Children, and Intergenerational Distress in Nicaraguan Transnational Families; 8. Addiction in Colombia: Local Lives, Broader Lessons; Part II: Treatment Approaches and Access to Care in Low- and High-Resource Settings; 9. Life "Under the Wire": Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health of



Haitian Migrants in the Dominican Republic

10. Festive Fighting and Forgiving: Ritual and Resilience among Indigenous Indian "Conservation Refugees"11. Who Belongs in a Psychiatric Hospital? Post-Socialist Romania in the Age of Globalizing Psychiatry; 12. The "Cost" of Health Care: Poverty, Depression, and Diabetes among Mexican Immigrants in the United States; 13. The Few, the Proud: Women Combat Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the United States; 14. Cultural Competence and Its Discontents: Reflections on a Mandatory Course for Psychiatry Residents; Part III: Task-Sharing and Alternative Care Models

15. People, Praxis, and Power in Global Mental Health: Anthropology and the Experience Gap16. "Thinking Too Much" in the Central Plateau: An Apprenticeship Approach to Treating Local Distress in Haiti; 17. Task-Shifting in Global Health: Mental Health Implications for Community Health Workers and Volunteers; 18. "We Can't Find This Spirit of Help": Mental Health, Social Issues, and Community Home-Based Care Providers in Central Mozambique; 19. Shared Humanity among Nonspecialist Peer Care Providers for Persons Living with Psychosis: Implications for Global Mental Health

Conclusion: A Road Map for Anthropology and Global Mental HealthIndex; Contributors