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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, John L. (John Lee)

Skultans, Vieda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical anthropology.

Psychiatry, Transcultural.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781846422645

1846422647