Anthropology and Mental Health
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Anthropology and Mental Health

Setting a New Course

  1. 365 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Anthropology and Mental Health

Setting a New Course

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9789027979292
eBook ISBN
9783110819083
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. General Editor’s Preface
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction: Whither the Fresh Course?
  5. SECTION ONE: COSMOLOGIES AND MENTAL HEALTH
  6. Introduction
  7. The Relationship Between Witchcraft Beliefs and Psychosomatic Illness
  8. Humoral Theory and Therapy in Tunisia
  9. SECTION TWO: CULTURE AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
  10. Introduction
  11. Japanese-American Suicides in Los Angeles
  12. Personal Situation as a Determinant of Suicide and Its Implications for Cross-Cultural Studies
  13. Multiethnic Studies of Psychopathology and Normality in Hawaii
  14. Kifafa: A Tribal Disease in an East African Bantu Population
  15. SECTION THREE: FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS
  16. Introduction
  17. Coalition of a Kali Healer and a Psychiatrist in Guyana, Mediated by an Anthropologist (A Summary)
  18. Psychiatrists and Spiritual Healers: Partners in Community Mental Health
  19. A Model for Training Mental Health Workers in Cross-Cultural Counseling
  20. Work Styles Among American Psychiatric Residents
  21. Historical Antecedants of Mental Health Dilemmas in America
  22. SECTION FOUR: PREVENTION OF MENTAL DISORDER
  23. Introduction
  24. Primary Prevention: A Combined Psychiatric-Anthropological Appraisal
  25. Breaking Ties With Deceased Spouse (A Summary)
  26. SECTION FIVE: NEW THEORETICAL DIRECTIONS
  27. Introduction
  28. Rethinking Our Premises
  29. Development of Theoretical Models and Levels of Interpretation in Mental Health
  30. “Brainwashing” as Therapeutic Technique in Contemporary Canadian Indian Spirit Dancing: A Case in Theory Building
  31. SECTION SIX: METHODS AND MODELS
  32. Introduction
  33. A Review of Methods in Holocultural Studies in Mental Health/Illness
  34. Schizophrenic Graphic Expression and Tribal Art in New Guinea
  35. The Vectors of Changing Values: A Model for Predicting Change in Mental Deviance Rates in Developing Countries
  36. Animal Modeling of Psychopathology: Current Status of the Field
  37. The Drug Detoxification Unit as an Ecological System
  38. Notes from the Interface: A Commentary on the Anthropology and Mental Health Symposium
  39. Biographical Notes
  40. Index of Names
  41. Index of Subjects