Handbook of culture and mental illness : an international perspective /

Handbook of culture and mental illness : an international perspective /

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Imprint:Madison, Conn. : International Universities Press, 1995.
Description:xiv, 391 p.
Language:English
Subject:
Psychiatry, Transcultural.
Cultural psychiatry.
Mental Disorders.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Psychiatry.
Ethnic Groups.
Cultural psychiatry.
Psychiatry, Transcultural.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1724284
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Other authors / contributors:Al-Issa, Ihsan.
ISBN:0823622886
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Culture and Mental Illness in an International Perspective / Ihsan Al-Issa
  • 2. Transcultural Psychiatry in Egypt / Mahmoud Sami Abd El-Gawad
  • 3. Culture, Religion, and Mental Illness in Nigeria / O. A. Sijuwola
  • 4. The Politics of Culture and Mental Illness: The Case of South Africa / Leslie Swartz
  • 5. Mental Disorders in Tanzania: A Cultural Perspective / N. K. Ndosi
  • 6. The Interface Between Culture and Mental Illness in French Speaking West Africa / Rene Collignon and Momar Gueye
  • 7. Social Correlates and Cultural Dynamics of Mental Illness in Traditional Society: India / Vijoy K. Varma and Subho Chakrabarti
  • 8. Culture and Mental Illness among Jews in Israel / Yoram Bilu
  • 9. Culture and Mental Illness in South Korea / Kwang-iel Kim
  • 10. Culture and Mental Illness in Singapore: A Sociocultural Perspective / Kok Lee-Peng and Tsoi Wing-Foo
  • 11. Mental Illness in an Islamic-Mediterranean Culture: Turkey / Can Tuncer
  • 12. Psychiatry in Multicultural Australia / Iraklis Harry Minas
  • 13. Cultural Factors, Religious Beliefs, and Mental Illness in Bali: Indonesia / Luh Ketut Suryani
  • 14. Social and Cultural Psychiatry of Jamaicans, at Home and Abroad / William Wedenoja
  • 15. Ancient Beliefs and Psychiatry in Mexico / Carlos Viesca Trevino and Mariblanca Ramos de Viesca
  • 16. Uruguay: Subcultures under Apparent Cultural Uniformity / Yubarandt Bespali de Consens
  • 17. Social and Cultural Factors in German Psychiatry / Wolfgang Krahl
  • 18. Modernization and Mental Illness in Greenland / Inge Lynge
  • 19. Culture and Mental Illness in the Iberian Peninsula / A. Seva and A. Fernandez-Doctor
  • 20. Culture, Politics, and Mental Illness in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Ctirad Skoda
  • 21. Hungarian Culture and Mental Illness / Bela Buda and Janos Furedi
  • 22. Mental Illness Among American Indians and Alaska Natives / Philip D. Somervell, Spero M. Manson and James H. Shore
  • 23. Mental Health Patterns for the New Zealand Maori / Mason H. Durie
  • 24. Mental Health Among Minorities and Immigrants in Britain / Raymond Cochrane.

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