Social psychiatry across cultures [electronic resource] : studies from North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa / edited by Rumi Kato Price, Brent Mack Shea, and Harsha N. Mookherjee.
This well-illustrated compendium of recent works in social psychiatry from around the world describes the association between cultural elements indigenous to a society and mental health and illness. The book compares this anthropologic-descriptive body of work with highly quantitative research paper...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
©1995.
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| Series: | Topics in social psychiatry.
Language of science. |
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| Summary: | This well-illustrated compendium of recent works in social psychiatry from around the world describes the association between cultural elements indigenous to a society and mental health and illness. The book compares this anthropologic-descriptive body of work with highly quantitative research papers that emphasize the notion of stratification. A discussion of directions for future cross-cultural investigations integrating culturalist and universalist approaches concludes the text. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 226 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781489906328 1489906320 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |