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UNINA9910959781603321 |
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Titolo |
Anthropological approaches to psychological medicine : crossing bridges / / edited by Vieda Skultans and John Cox |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CoxJohn L (John Lee) |
SkultansVieda |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medical anthropology |
Psychiatry, Transcultural |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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