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This exceptional book responds to the intense current interest in defining and understanding the contribution of traditional medical knowledge and the intervention techniques of traditional healers to national mental health services around the world.:.; A unique resource n traditional healing and tr...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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World Psychiatric Association
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470741054 |
| Summary: |
This exceptional book responds to the intense current interest in defining and understanding the contribution of traditional medical knowledge and the intervention techniques of traditional healers to national mental health services around the world.:.; A unique resource n traditional healing and transcultural psychiatry.; Delineates the knowledge and clinical skills of traditional healers from diverse cultural areas around the world.; Describes the clinical and social roles of traditional healers in their communities and the challenges of constructing national mental health programs that incl. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xx, 269 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780470741061 (e-book) 0470741066 (e-book) 9780470741054 (e-book) 0470741058 (e-book) 1282138138 9781282138131 |
| Index Number: | RC455 |
| CLC: | R749.055 |
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Overview : looking toward the future of shared knowledge and healing practices / Legitimacy and contextual issues in traditional Lakota Sioux healing / Doctor-patient relationship in psychiatry : traditional approaches in India versus Western approaches -- Vijoy K. Varma and Nitin Gupta -- South American indigenous knowledge of psychotropics / Psychiatric case identification skills of Yachactaita (Quichua healers of the Andes) / A Western psychiatrist among the Shuar people of Ecuador / The awakening of collaboration between Quichua healers and psychiatrists in the Andes / Factors associated with use of traditional healers in American Indians and Alaska natives / Re-kindling the fire : healing historical trauma in Native American prison inmates / American Indian healers and psychiatrists / Mental health in contemporary China / Health-seeking behavior for mental disorders in north India / Anxiety, acceptance and Japanese healing / Dissatisfied seekers : efficacy in traditional healing of neuropsychiatric disorders in Bali / Islamic religious and traditional healers' contributions to mental health and well-being / Bringing together indigenous and Western medicine in South Africa : a university initiative / Globalization and mental health -- traditional in pathways to care in the United Kingdom / Psychotherapy or religious healing? / Maori knowledge and medical science / Future partnerships in global mental health : foreseeing the encounter of psychiatrists and traditional healers / |