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

• 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) SkultansVieda
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II