458 Pages
by
Routledge
460 Pages
by
Routledge
460 Pages
by
Routledge
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This brilliant and engrossing work of social synthesis, replete with profound insights, opens up new vistas on the relationship between culture and mental health. The author uses his own extensive findings and his abundant knowledge of the cross-cultural studies in psychiatry, anthropology, and sociology to demonstrate that throughout history mental disorders have been closely linked with the... Read more
I: Social and Cultural Backgrounds of Mental Illness; Introduction; 1: Methodological Considerations in Social Psychiatry; 2: The Dimensions of Culture and Human Values; II: The Psychology of Cultures and Peoples; 3: The Psychology of Culture; 4: Culture and Psychiatry; III: Research Designs; 5: Theory and Direction in Research Designs; 6: Studies in Culture and Personality
Biography
Marvin Opler
