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portada The Movement for Global Mental Health: Critical Views from South and Southeast Asia
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
346
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.6 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
Weight
0.61 kg.
ISBN13
9789463721622
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The Movement for Global Mental Health: Critical Views from South and Southeast Asia

Sax, William ; Lang, Claudia ; Breckenridge, Jhilmil (Author) · Amsterdam University Press · Hardcover

The Movement for Global Mental Health: Critical Views from South and Southeast Asia - Sax, William ; Lang, Claudia ; Breckenridge, Jhilmil

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Synopsis "The Movement for Global Mental Health: Critical Views from South and Southeast Asia"

In The Movement for Global Mental Health: Critical Views from South and Southeast Asia, prominent anthropologists, public health physicians, and psychiatrists respond sympathetically but critically to the Movement for Global Mental Health (MGMH). They question some of its fundamental assumptions: the idea that "mental disorders" can clearly be identified; that they are primarily of biological origin; that the world is currently facing an "epidemic" of them; that the most appropriate treatments for them normally involve psycho-pharmaceutical drugs; and that local or indigenous therapies are of little interest or importance for treating them. The contributors argue that, on the contrary, defining "mental disorders" is difficult and culturally variable; that social and biographical factors are often important causes of them; that the "epidemic" of mental disorders may be an effect of new ways of measuring them; and that the countries of South and Southeast Asia have abundant, though non-psychiatric, resources for dealing with them. In short, they advocate a thoroughgoing mental health pluralism.

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