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Titolo: |
Anthropological approaches to psychological medicine : crossing bridges / / edited by Vieda Skultans and John Cox
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (306 pages) |
Disciplina: | 616.89 |
Soggetto topico: | Medical anthropology |
Psychiatry, Transcultural | |
Altri autori: |
CoxJohn L (John Lee)
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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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Anthropological approaches to psychological medicine ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-84642-264-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821622703321 |
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