Mental illness, dementia and family in China / / Guy Ramsay

• Autore: Ramsay Guy Malcolm
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.168/30951
• Soggetto topico: Mental health policy - China; Mental health services - China; Mentally ill - Family relationships - China
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Mental Illness, Dementia and Family in China; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Life stories of people with a mental illness; 3 Life stories of family caregiving in mental illness; 4 Filmic stories of people with a mental illness; 5 Life stories of family caregiving in dementia; 6 Filmic stories of family caregiving in dementia; 7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With rapid economic progress and increasing life expectancy in East Asian societies, more attention is being paid by their governments, the media and the academy to mental illness and dementia. While clinical research on mental illness and dementia in Chinese societies acknowledges the importance of culture in shaping people's experiences of these illnesses, how Chinese culture shapes people's understandings of and responses to mental illness and dementia has yet to be interrogated to any depth. Mental Illness, Dementia and Family in China breaks new ground in exploring how Ch
• Titolo autorizzato: Mental illness, dementia and family in China
• ISBN: 0-203-07121-2; 1-299-31952-1; 1-135-09459-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465133303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia series ; ; 14.