Revenge of the Windigo : : The Construction of the Mind and Mental Health of North American Aboriginal Peoples / / James Waldram.
What is known about Aboriginal mental health and mental illness, and on what basis is this 'knowing' assumed? This question, while appearing simple, leads to a tangled web of theory, method, and data rife with conceptual problems, shaky assumptions, and inappropriate generalizations. It is...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropological Horizons
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (428 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Monsters and Mental Health
- Part A: Constructing the Aboriginal
- 2. Constructing Aboriginal Personality: The Early Years
- 3. The Psychoanalyst's Aboriginal
- 4. Measuring the Aboriginal
- Part B: The Disordered Aboriginal
- 5. The Construction of Aboriginal Psychopathology
- 6. The Alcoholic Aboriginal
- 7. The Depressed Aboriginal
- 8. The Culture-Bound Aboriginal
- 9. The Traumatized Aboriginal
- Part C: Treating the Aboriginal
- 10. The Clinician's Aboriginal
- 11. Healing the Traditional Aboriginal
- 12. Conclusion: The Windigo's Revenge
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Backmatter