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Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, this volume brings together the various somatisation syndromes: their description, presentation, assessment, and management in one place.
List of contents
- Part 1 - General issues related to somatisation and culture
- 1: Introduction to Somatization across cultures
- 2: General concept about somatisation
- 3: Culture and Somatisation
- Part 2 - Specific issues related to somatisation and culture
- 4: Specific issues related to somatization and culture
- 5: Understanding somatization from a neuroscience perspective
- 6: Cultural evolution of Somatization disorders
- 7: Assessment and challenges of the use of assessment tools across cultures
- 8: Somatization in children and adolescents across cultures
- 9: Somatization disorders in incarcerated populations
- Part 3 - Somatization in different countries and regions
- 10: Somatization disorders in the United Kingdom
- 11: Somatization in Russia: the historical research aspects and their influence on the clinical practice
- 12: Somatization in Paraguay
- 13: Somatization disorders in Central and western Asia
- 14: Somatization In North America
- 15: Somatization in South-East Asia
- 16: Somatization disorders in Central and North Europe
- 17: Somatization In Africa
- 18: Somatization Disorders in South America
- Part 4 - Section Management of somatization across cultures
- 19: General Principles in the Management of Somatization
- 20: Psychopharmacological approaches in somatization disorders across cultures
- 21: Psychotherapeutic Models on Somatization across Cultures
- 22: Role of Traditional Healers and Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Mental Health
- 23: Somatization across cultures: Epilogue
About the author
Santosh K. Chaturvedi, Sandeep Grover, Sachin Nagendrappa, Bhavika Vajawat
Summary
Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, this volume brings together the various somatisation syndromes: their description, presentation, assessment, and management in one place.
