Aggarwal Mental Health in the War on Terror

Culture, Science, and Statecraft
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-53844-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

An investigation into the unintended cultural and psychological consequences of our fight against terrorism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aggarwal, Neil Krishan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Mental Health, Culture, and Power in the War on Terror
2. Bioethics and the Conduct of Mental Health Professionals in the War on Terror
3. The Meanings of Symptoms and Services for Guantánamo Detainees
4. Depictions of Arabs and Muslims in Psychodynamic Scholarship
5. Depictions of Suicide Bombers in the Mental Health Scholarship
6. Knowledge and Practice in War on Terror Deradicalization Programs
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Neil Krishan Aggarwal is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His areas of research interest are cultural psychiatry, cultural-competence training, and psychiatric anthropology. He is especially interested in conceptions of mental health and illness among South Asian and Middle Eastern populations.