Rethinking Psychiatry

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ISBN: 9780029174425 | 0029174422
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/4/1991

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Arthur Kleinman, M.D., examines how the prevalence and nature of disorders vary in different cultures, how clinicians make their diagnoses, and how they heal, and the educational and practical implications of a true understanding of the interplay between biology and culture.

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Preface
Prologue Why Anthropology?	p. 1
What Is a Psychiatric Diagnosis?	p. 5
Do Psychiatric Disorders Differ in Different Cultures? The Methodological Questions	p. 18
Do Psychiatric Disorders Differ in Different Cultures? The Findings	p. 34
Do Social Relations and Cultural Meanings Contribute to the Onset and Course of Mental Illness?	p. 53
How Do Professional Values Influence the Work of Psychiatrists?	p. 77
How Do Psychiatrists Heal?	p. 108
What Relationship Should Psychiatry Have to Social Science?	p. 142
Epilogue	p. 167
Notes	p. 186
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 227
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