Cultural psychiatry
Cultural Psychiatry with emphasis on its impact on etio-pathogenesis, diagnosis, clinical practice, preventive and research activities are topics discussed in this publication which give readers a general conceptual perspective of this field. Cultural aspects of psychiatric diagnosis in DSM-5 in particular and the current status of Cultural Psychiatry in European countries are discussed. Of unique importance to the field of psychosomatics are the reviews on so-called culture-bound syndromes and…
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- Full title :Cultural psychiatry / volume editor, Renato D. Alarcón.
Summary
Cultural Psychiatry with emphasis on its impact on etio-pathogenesis, diagnosis, clinical practice, preventive and research activities are topics discussed in this publication which give readers a general conceptual perspective of this field. Cultural aspects of psychiatric diagnosis in DSM-5 in particular and the current status of Cultural Psychiatry in European countries are discussed. Of unique importance to the field of psychosomatics are the reviews on so-called culture-bound syndromes and somatization and culture.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Karger
- Place of Publication:Basel
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (ix, 133 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783318023954, 3318023957
- oclc:ocn863593539
- LC Classification:GN270
- Dewey Decimal:155.8/2
Table of Contents
Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Preface; Cultural Psychiatry: A General Perspective; Abstract; Definition and Applications of Contemporary Cultural Psychiatry; Culture and the Etiopathogenesis of Mental Illness; Culture and Variations of Clinical Presentations; Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis; Culture and Psychiatric Treatment; Culture and Prevention in Mental Health; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis; Abstract; Challenges of and to Diagnosis in DSM-5; Principles Guiding Revisions on Culture and Diagnosis for DSM-5
Introductory Chapter on Cultural Aspects of Psychiatric DiagnosisCulture-Relevant Material Included in the Descriptive Text for Each Disorder; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Trends in Cultural Psychiatry in the United Kingdom; Abstract; Brief Historical Review; Why We Need a Critical Cultural Psychiatry; Cultural Psychiatry in the World: A UK Perspective; The UK Experience: Policy and Practice Experience with Delivering Race Equality; Public Health Approach and Inequalities; Conclusions; References
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