E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten, E-Book
Incayawar / Wintrob / Bouchard Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-74106-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health
E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: World Psychiatric Association
ISBN: 978-0-470-74106-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This exceptional book responds to the intense current interest indefining and understanding the contribution of traditional medicalknowledge and the intervention techniques of traditional healers tonational mental health services around the world.
* First book on traditional healing and transculturalpsychiatry
Delineates the knowledge and clinical skills of traditional healersfrom diverse cultural areas around the world
* Describes the clinical and social roles of traditional healersin their communities and the challenges of constructing nationalmental health programs that include traditional knowledge andhealing techniques
* Assesses issues on efficacy and safety of traditional healers'interventions
* Includes contributions from leading scholars in this fieldfrom South Africa, India, New Zealand, Andorra, Canada, USA, Italy,and the Quichua and Sioux Lakota Nations of South and NorthAmerica
* Theme of culture versus science: The psychiatrists discuss theeffects of local culture upon mental health and consider theimpact, benefit and incorporation of traditional healing as a toolfor the clinical psychiatrist.
* Easy to use with case studies and vignettes throughout and aglossary to explain any technical terms
Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners inGlobal Mental Health is a valuable addition to the bookshelf ofa wide array of mental health trainees, researchers andprofessionals interested in cultural psychiatry in general and therole of traditional healers around the world.
