Written for those in the mental health services, this book extends the theory and practice of psychiatry. The theoretical chapters explore the culture of psychiatry and reaffirm the importance of anthropology for understanding psychiatric practice and psychological disorders in both socio-historical and individual contexts. The second part of the book focuses on clinical applications.
Written for those in the mental health services, this book extends the theory and practice of psychiatry. The theoretical chapters explore the culture of psychiatry and reaffirm the importance of anthropology for understanding psychiatric practice and psychological disorders in both socio-historical and individual contexts. The second part of the book focuses on clinical applications.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Vieda Skultans is reader in Medical Anthropology at the University of Bristol. She has conducted fieldwork in South Wales, Maharashtra, Nepal and Latvia. Her most recent book The Testimony of Lives. Narrative and Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia was published by Routledge in 1998. John Cox is Professor of Psychiatry at Keele University and a consultant adult psychiatrist. He was a founder member of the Transcultural Psychiatry Society and published widely in the field of Perinatal Mental Health from a sociocultural perspective. He was elected President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1999 and continues his link with the Department of Psychiatry at Makerere University, Uganda where he held his first lecturer post in 1972.
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Introduction Vieda Skultans and John Cox. PART ONE: THEORETICAL APPROACHES. 1. The Cultural Origins of Western Depression Sushrat Jadhav University College London. 2. Psychiatric Culture Roland Littlewood University College London. 3. Remembering and Forgetting: The Changing Relationship Vieda Skultans. 4. Narrative and Method in the Anthropology of Medicine John Campbell University College Swansea. 5. Two of a Kind but Where is the Other? Els van Dongen Department of Psychiatry Steenbergen. PART TWO: CLINICAL APPROACHES. 6. Social Anthropology and the Practice of Public Health Medicine Jane Jackson Newham Health Authority. 7. The Implications of an Anthropology of Religion for Psychiatric Practice Simon Dein Department of Social and Community Psychiatry Harlow. 8. Establishing Cultural Competency for Mental Health Professionals Maureen H. Fitzgerald University of Sydney. 9. Cambodian Concepts of Perinatal Mental Disorder: Relevance to Understanding Western Approaches to Perinatal Mental Health Maurice Eisenbruch National Centre for Scientific Research Paris. 10. Social Anthropology and Stigma: The Importance for Psychiatry Gerard Hutchinson and Dinesh Bhugra Institute of Psychiatry. 11. Structures of Medical Thought: Professional Dispositions in Practice Simon Sinclair Oxford Heath Authority. 12. Lessons from Anthropology Maurice Lipsedge Guys Hospital.
Introduction Vieda Skultans and John Cox. PART ONE: THEORETICAL APPROACHES. 1. The Cultural Origins of Western Depression Sushrat Jadhav University College London. 2. Psychiatric Culture Roland Littlewood University College London. 3. Remembering and Forgetting: The Changing Relationship Vieda Skultans. 4. Narrative and Method in the Anthropology of Medicine John Campbell University College Swansea. 5. Two of a Kind but Where is the Other? Els van Dongen Department of Psychiatry Steenbergen. PART TWO: CLINICAL APPROACHES. 6. Social Anthropology and the Practice of Public Health Medicine Jane Jackson Newham Health Authority. 7. The Implications of an Anthropology of Religion for Psychiatric Practice Simon Dein Department of Social and Community Psychiatry Harlow. 8. Establishing Cultural Competency for Mental Health Professionals Maureen H. Fitzgerald University of Sydney. 9. Cambodian Concepts of Perinatal Mental Disorder: Relevance to Understanding Western Approaches to Perinatal Mental Health Maurice Eisenbruch National Centre for Scientific Research Paris. 10. Social Anthropology and Stigma: The Importance for Psychiatry Gerard Hutchinson and Dinesh Bhugra Institute of Psychiatry. 11. Structures of Medical Thought: Professional Dispositions in Practice Simon Sinclair Oxford Heath Authority. 12. Lessons from Anthropology Maurice Lipsedge Guys Hospital.
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