Towards an Anthropology of Psychology
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Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

Ethnographic Studies of Psychological Healthcare

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eBook - ePub

Towards an Anthropology of Psychology

Ethnographic Studies of Psychological Healthcare

About this book

Anthropology and psychology share a long history of rivalry, collaboration, and mutual disregard. This volume reconsiders psychology as a field of anthropological enquiry. In doing so, it takes an ethnographic approach to psychology, examining psychotherapeutic practices and models of mental health at the heart of 'psy'. Featuring ethnographic studies of psychological therapies, subjects, and professionals, the book also suggests what an anthropological voice can offer to improve psychological healthcare. At the cutting edge of ethnographic research, this book brings together studies from the Global North and Global South, showing how psychological realities shape our understandings of what it means to be human.

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Yes, you can access Towards an Anthropology of Psychology by Mikkel Kenni Bruun,Rebecca Hutten in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & History & Theory in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction. Thinking Ethnographically about Psychology
  7. Chapter 1. Mixing Treatment Modalities: An Ethnography of Mental Healthcare Bricolage in Canada
  8. Chapter 2. Treating Patients ‘Who Don’t Speak’: The Challenge of Treating Children with Eating Disorders in a Residential Facility in Italy
  9. Chapter 3. More Likely Psychological? Exploring Mental Troubles and Psychology in Ouagadougou
  10. Chapter 4. When the Counsellors Give: Material Support and Therapeutic Agency in State-Based Psychological Counselling Services in Sri Lanka
  11. Chapter 5. In (the) Practice: Pioneering Psychotherapy in Uganda
  12. Chapter 6. Throwing Out the Psyche: Scientific Persuasions in British Psychotherapy
  13. Chapter 7. Encoding Wellness: On Cultures of Risk when Building Digital Mental Wellbeing Apps
  14. Afterword. An Anthropology of Psychology in the Twenty-First Century
  15. Index