Disturbing Spirits : Mental Illness, Trauma, and Treatment in Modern Syria and Lebanon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsacoyianis, Beverly A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Syria--History.

Mental illness.

Mental illness--Treatment--Syria.

Mental illness--Treatment--Lebanon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Disturbing Spirits

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The concept of mental health treatment in war-torn Middle Eastern nations is painfully understudied, and Tsacoyianis bridges the gap between history and psychiatry to contextualize the state of help on the ground. Not surprisingly, the news is profoundly troubling as we see nations like Lebanon and Syria struggle to recover structurally and economically, while drowning psychologically. Tsacoyianis personalizes the stakes and moves us to think about what comes after the physical war stops"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

A Note on Transliteration

Introduction

One Vernacular Healing in Greater Syria

Two The Origins of Greater Syrian Medical Institutions

Three Medical Missionaries and the Lebanon Mental Hospital, 1899-1983

Four Secular Healing and Ibn Sina Mental Hospital, 1922-2018

Five Literature, Civil War, and (Ef)facing Syrianand Lebanese History

Conclusion: On Pain, Surviving, Coping,and Healing

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780268200718

0268200718

OCLC:

1251447949