Mental Disorder
Anthropological Insights
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Pathological Psychology, Mental Health, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| 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.
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.
