ISBN:
9781611329230
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (390 p)
Series Statement:
Anthropology and Global Public Health v.2
Series Statement:
Anthropology and Global Public Health Ser. v.2
Parallel Title:
Print version Kohrt, Brandon A Global Mental Health : Anthropological Perspectives
DDC:
306.4/61
Keywords:
Social medicine
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Social medicine
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anthropological Perspectives on Global Mental Health -- 1. Historical Background: Medical Anthropology and Global Mental Health -- 2. Anthropological Methods in Global Mental Health Research -- Part I: Social and Structural Origins of Mental Illness in Global Context -- 3. Water, Worry, and Doña Paloma: Why Water Security is Fundamental to Global Mental Health -- 4. Life in Transit: Mental Health, Temporality, and Urban Displacement for Iraqi Refugees
Abstract:
5. Reconnecting Hope: Khat Consumption, Time, and Mental Well-Being among Unemployed Young Men in Jimma, Ethiopia -- 6. The Greater Good: Surviving Sexual Violence for Schooling -- 7. Grandmothers, Children, and Intergenerational Distress in Nicaraguan Transnational Families -- 8. Addiction in Colombia: Local Lives, Broader Lessons -- Part II: Treatment Approaches and Access to Care in Low- and High-Resource Settings -- 9. Life "Under the Wire": Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health of Haitian Migrants in the Dominican Republic
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10. Festive Fighting and Forgiving: Ritual and Resilience among Indigenous Indian "Conservation Refugees" -- 11. Who Belongs in a Psychiatric Hospital? Post-Socialist Romania in the Age of Globalizing Psychiatry -- 12. The "Cost" of Health Care: Poverty, Depression, and Diabetes among Mexican Immigrants in the United States -- 13. The Few, the Proud: Women Combat Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the United States -- 14. Cultural Competence and Its Discontents: Reflections on a Mandatory Course for Psychiatry Residents -- Part III: Task-Sharing and Alternative Care Models
Abstract:
15. People, Praxis, and Power in Global Mental Health: Anthropology and the Experience Gap -- 16. "Thinking Too Much" in the Central Plateau: An Apprenticeship Approach to Treating Local Distress in Haiti -- 17. Task-Shifting in Global Health: Mental Health Implications for Community Health Workers and Volunteers -- 18. "We Can't Find This Spirit of Help": Mental Health, Social Issues, and Community Home-Based Care Providers in Central Mozambique -- 19. Shared Humanity among Nonspecialist Peer Care Providers for Persons Living with Psychosis: Implications for Global Mental Health
Abstract:
Conclusion: A Road Map for Anthropology and Global Mental Health -- Index -- Contributors
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