ISBN:
9781483346342
Language:
English
Pages:
xlvi, 1113 pages
,
illustrations (black and white)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
616.8914
Keywords:
Psychology, Pathological Cross-cultural studies
;
Mental illness Social aspects
;
History
;
Cultural psychiatry
;
Mentally ill Care
;
Social aspects
;
Psychische Störung
;
Kultursoziologie
;
Enzyklopädie
;
Psychische Störung
;
Kultursoziologie
Abstract:
Expert scholars explore the culture of mental illness from the non-clinical perspectives of sociology, history, psychology, epidemiology, economics, public health policy, and finally, the mental health patients themselves. Key themes include cultural comparisons of mental health disorders; cultural sociology of mental illness around the world; economics; epidemiology; mental health practitioners; non-drug treatments; patient, the psychiatry, and psychology; psychiatry and space; psychopharmacology; public policy; social history; and sociology
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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