Mental Disorder

Anthropological Insights

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Pathological Psychology, Mental Health, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Nichola Khan ISBN: 9781442635357
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division Publication: November 16, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Nichola Khan
ISBN: 9781442635357
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
Publication: November 16, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

This brief book introduces the ways in which contemporary anthropology engages with the "psych" disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, and medicine. Khan also widens the conversation by including the perspectives of epidemiologists, addiction and legal experts, journalists, filmmakers, activists, patients, and sufferers. New approaches to mental illness are situated in the context of historical, political, psychoanalytic, and postcolonial frameworks, allowing readers to understand how health, illness, normality, and abnormality are constructed and produced. Using case studies from a variety of regions, Khan explores what anthropologically informed psychology, psychiatry, and medicine can tell us about mental illness across cultures.

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This brief book introduces the ways in which contemporary anthropology engages with the "psych" disciplines: psychology, psychiatry, and medicine. Khan also widens the conversation by including the perspectives of epidemiologists, addiction and legal experts, journalists, filmmakers, activists, patients, and sufferers. New approaches to mental illness are situated in the context of historical, political, psychoanalytic, and postcolonial frameworks, allowing readers to understand how health, illness, normality, and abnormality are constructed and produced. Using case studies from a variety of regions, Khan explores what anthropologically informed psychology, psychiatry, and medicine can tell us about mental illness across cultures.

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