Ethnopsychiatry

What is the relationship between culture and mental health? Is mental illness universal? Are symptoms of mental disorders different across social groups? In the late 1960s these questions gave rise to a series of articles by Henri Ellenberger, presented here for the first time in English.

About the author

Henri F. Ellenberger (1905-1993) was a physician and a pioneering figure in transcultural psychiatry, criminology, and the history of medicine.

Summary

What is the relationship between culture and mental health? Is mental illness universal? Are symptoms of mental disorders different across social groups? In the late 1960s these questions gave rise to a series of articles by Henri Ellenberger, presented here for the first time in English.

Product details

• Authors: Henri Ellenberger, Henri F Ellenberger, Henri F. Ellenberger
• Assisted by: Emmanuel Delille (Editor), Jonathan Kaplansky (Translation)
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780228003854
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00385-4
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 153 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 548 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medi; McGill-Queen's Associated Medi; McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society; McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General