Nichola Khan
Mental Disorder: Anthropological Insights
- ISBN 13:
- 9781442635333
- author:
- Nichola Khan
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 144
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 0.8 x 22.9 cm
- Genre:
- Health, Family & Lifestyle, Psychology & Psychiatry, Specific Topics, Nichola Khan,Mental Disorder: Anthropological Insights,University of Toronto Press,1442635339,Medicine: General,Anthropology - Cultural & Social,Mental Health,Psychopathology - Gen
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Mental Disorder Anthropological Insights by Nicola Khan explores how anthropology intersects with psychology, psychiatry, and medicine. This concise book draws on diverse perspectives from epidemiologists, experts in addiction and law, journalists, filmmakers, activists, patients, and sufferers to shed new light on mental illness. Khan examines the complex relationships between health, illness, normality, and abnormality through historical, political, psychoanalytic, and postcolonial frameworks. Case studies from various regions illustrate how anthropologically informed approaches can offer insights into mental illness across cultures.
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