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.

Info autore

Henri F. Ellenberger (1905-1993) was a physician and a pioneering figure in transcultural psychiatry, criminology, and the history of medicine.
Emmanuel Delille is an historian of science and a researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch.
Jonathan Kaplansky is a literary translator. He lives in Montreal.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henri Ellenberger, Henri F Ellenberger, Henri F. Ellenberger
• Con la collaborazione di: Emmanuel Delille (Editore), Jonathan Kaplansky (Traduzione)
• Editore: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780228003854
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00385-4
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 229 mm x 153 mm x 27 mm
• Peso: 548 g
• Serie: 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
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali