Social and cultural psychiatry experience from the Caribbean region /
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| Imprint: | Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 398 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Health and human development series Health and human development series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11124699 |
| Summary: | This new book captures the history, lifestyles and beliefs of Caribbean people relating them without impunity to the psychology of their emotion, thought and behaviour. This book studies research on the background of historical perspectives, definitions, dimensions and a Caribbean Diaspora, the interpretation of behaviours and mental disorders with contributions from witchcraft, priestcraft and science, as well as the challenge of the local interpretation of mental illness. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 398 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781617280887 1617280887 9781616685065 1616685069 |