Anthropology and Mental Health : : Setting a New Course /

Anthropology and Mental Health : : Setting a New Course / / ed. by Joseph Westermeyer.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
MitwirkendeR:
ARANETA, ENRIQUE,
BILLIG, OTTO,
BURTON-BRADLEY, Β. G.,
COWAN, JONATHAN,
DOERMANN, ELLEN,
DUBREUIL, GUY,
HARTOG, JOSEPH,
HSU, FRANCIS L. K.,
HUESSY, H. R.,
IGA, MAMORU,
JACKSON, DOUGLAS A.,
JILEK, WOLFGANG G.,
JILEK-AALL, LOUISE,
KATZ, MARTIN Μ.,
LANGROD, JOHN,
LIGHT, DONALD W.,
MEDICINE, BEATRICE,
MEYERS, FREDERICK H.,
McKINNEY, WILLIAM T.,
NAIDOO, JAMIE,
PATAKI-SCHWEIZER, K. J.,
PEDERSEN, PAUL,
RIOS, MARLENE DOBKIN DE,
ROSENBLATT, PAUL C.,
RUIZ, PEDRO,
SANBORN, KENNETH O.,
SCHAEFER, JAMES M.,
SINGER, PHILIP,
TEITELBAUM, JOEL M.,
TRIMBLE, JOSEPH E.,
WALSH, R. PATRICIA,
WESTERMEYER, JOSEPH,
WITTKOWER, ERIC D.,
YAMAMOTO, JOE,
HerausgeberIn:
Westermeyer, Joseph,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©1976
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Reprint 2011
Language:English
Series:World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (350 p.) :; Num. figs.
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Table of Contents:
  • I-XVI
  • INTRODUCTION: Whither the Fresh Course?
  • SECTION ONE: Cosmologies and Mental Health
  • Introduction
  • The Relationship Between Witchcraft Beliefs and Psychosomatic Illness
  • Humoral Theory and Therapy in Tunisia
  • SECTION TWO: Culture and Psychopathology
  • Introduction
  • Japanese-American Suicides in Los Angeles
  • Personal Situation as a Determinant of Suicide and Its Implications for Cross-Cultural Studies
  • Multiethnic Studies of Psychopathology and Normality in Hawaii
  • Kifafa: A Tribal Disease in an East African Bantu Population
  • SECTION THREE: Focus on Mental Health Workers
  • Introduction
  • Coalition of a Kali Healer and a Psychiatrist in Guyana, Mediated by an Anthropologist
  • Psychiatrists and Spiritual Healers: Partners in Community Mental Health
  • A Model for Training Mental Health Workers in Cross-Cultural Counseling
  • Work Styles Among American Psychiatric Residents
  • Historical Antecedents of Mental Health Dilemmas in America
  • SECTION FOUR: Prevention of Mental Disorder
  • Introduction
  • Primary Prevention: A Combined Psychiatric-Anthropological Appraisal
  • Breaking Ties with Deceased Spouse
  • SECTION FIVE: New Theoretical Directions
  • Introduction
  • Rethinking Our Premises
  • Development of Theoretical Models and Levels of Interpretation in Mental Health
  • "Brainwashing" as Therapeutic Technique in Contemporary Canadian Indian Spirit Dancing: a Case of Theory Building
  • SECTION SIX: Methods and Models
  • Introduction
  • A Review of Methods in Holocultural Studies in Mental Health/Illness
  • Schizophrenic Graphic Expression and Tribal Art in New Guinea
  • The Vectors of Changing Values: A Model for Predicting Change in Mental Deviance Rates in Developing Countries
  • Animal Modeling of Psychopathology: Current Status of the Field
  • The Drug Detoxification Unit as an Ecological System
  • Notes from the Interface: A Commentary on the Anthropology and Mental Health Symposium
  • Biographical Notes
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects

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