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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821622703321

Titolo

Anthropological approaches to psychological medicine : crossing bridges / / edited by Vieda Skultans and John Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000

ISBN

1-84642-264-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

CoxJohn L (John Lee)

SkultansVieda

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Medical anthropology

Psychiatry, Transcultural

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Anthropological Approaches to Psychological Medicine -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 Theoretical Approaches -- 1 The Cultural Construction of Western Depression -- 2 Psychiatry's Culture -- 3 Remembering and Forgetting : Anthropology and Psychiatry: The Changing Relationship -- 4 Narrative and Method in the Anthropology of Medicine -- 5 Anthropology and Psychiatry: Two of a Kind but Where is the Other? -- Part 2 Clinical Approaches -- 6 Social Anthropology and the Practice of Public Health Medicine -- 7 The Implications of an Anthropology of Religion for Psychiatric Practice -- 8 Establishing Cultural Competency for Mental Health Professionals -- 9 Cambodian Concepts of Perinatal Mental Disorder: Relevance to Understanding Western Approaches to Perinatal Mental Health -- 10 Social Anthropology and Stigma: The Importance for Psychiatry -- 11 Structures of Medical Thought: Professional Dispositions in Practice -- 12 Lessons From Anthropology -- The Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This text brings together clinicians and researchers in psychiatry and mental health. The aim is to explore what we can learn from anthropology to achieve a contextual understanding of mental illness and health in contemporary society. The book contains a wide selection of ideas, and works well to bridge the gap between anthropology and psychiatry.