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Culture and Depression: Studies in the Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry of Affect and Disorder (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
Kleinman
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Paperback. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Good, Byron. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 844. Studies in the Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Psychiatry of Affect and Disorder. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. 500 pages. Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Good, Byron. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHM; MMJ. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 35. Weight: 880.
Some of the most innovative and provocative work on the emotions and illness is occurring in cross-cultural research on depression. Culture and Depression presents the work of anthropologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists who examine the controversies, agreements, and conceptual and methodological problems that arise in the course of such research. A book of enormous depth and breadth of discussion, Culture and Depression enriches the cross-cultural study of emotions and mental illness and leads it in new directions. It commences with a historical study followed by a series of anthropological accounts that examine the problems that arise when depression is assessed in ... Read more
Some of the most innovative and provocative work on the emotions and illness is occurring in cross-cultural research on depression. Culture and Depression presents the work of anthropologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists who examine the controversies, agreements, and conceptual and methodological problems that arise in the course of such research. A book of enormous depth and breadth of discussion, Culture and Depression enriches the cross-cultural study of emotions and mental illness and leads it in new directions. It commences with a historical study followed by a series of anthropological accounts that examine the problems that arise when depression is assessed in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Series
Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care
Condition
New
Weight
866g
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520058835
SKU
V9780520058835
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About Kleinman
Arthur Kleinman is a prominent American psychiatrist and is the Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of medical anthropology and cross-cultural psychiatry at Harvard University. Byron J. Good is Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard University.
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