Somatization Across Cultures

The body is a cultural vessel, giving voice to the unspoken words of the soul and transforming the nuances of distress into a script of symptoms that echoes across diverse cultural landscapes.

Within the intricate tapestry of human experience, certain threads stand out, weaving a story that defies boundaries and spans the globe. Somatization Across Cultures unfurls these threads, illuminating the diverse landscape of somatisation disorders and their interplay with culture, identity, and healing practices. As you embark on this literary voyage, prepare to traverse continents and minds, exploring the profound connection between the physical and the psychological, the cultural and the clinical.

Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, this volume brings together the various somatisation syndromes: their description, presentation, assessment, and management in one place. It is a fascinating read for any psychiatrist, physician, clinical psychologist, public health specialist, nurse and other
healthcare professional, as well as any sociologist, anthropologist, and policymaker, and anyone else interested in this area of psychiatry.

Part 1 - General issues related to somatisation and culture1. Introduction to Somatization across cultures2. General concept about somatisation3. Culture and SomatisationPart 2 - Specific issues related to somatisation and culture4. Specific issues related to somatization and culture5. Understanding somatization from a neuroscience perspective6. Cultural evolution of Somatization disorders7. Assessment and challenges of the use of assessment tools across cultures8. Somatization in children and adolescents across cultures9. Somatization disorders in incarcerated populationsPart 3 - Somatization in different countries and regions10. Somatization disorders in the United Kingdom11. Somatization in Russia: the historical research aspects and their influence on the clinical practice12. Somatization in Paraguay13. Somatization disorders in Central and western Asia14. Somatization In North America15. Somatization in South-East Asia16. Somatization disorders in Central and North Europe17. Somatization In Africa18. Somatization Disorders in South AmericaPart 4 - Section Management of somatization across cultures19. General Principles in the Management of Somatization20. Psychopharmacological approaches in somatization disorders across cultures21. Psychotherapeutic Models on Somatization across Cultures22. Role of Traditional Healers and Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Mental Health23. Somatization across cultures: Epilogue