Global mental health anthropological perspectives / edited by Brandon Kohrt and Emily Mendenhall.
| Other author | Kohrt, Brandon. |
| Other author | Mendenhall, Emily, 1982- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2015] |
| Description | 389 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Global mental health (Kohrt) |
| Series | Anthropology and global public health ; 2 Anthropology and global public health ; v. 2. ^A1325142 |
| Contents | Historical background : medical anthropology and global mental health / by Brandon Kohrt, Emily Mendenhall, and Peter J. Brown -- Anthropological methods in global mental health research / by Emily Mendenhall and Brandon Kohrt -- Water, worry, and Dona Paloma : why water security is fundamental to global mental health / by Amber Wutich, Alexandra Brewis, Jose B. Rosales Chavez, Charu L. Jaiswal -- Life in transit : mental health, temporality and urban displacement for Iraqi refugees / by Nadia El-Shaarawi -- Reconnecting hope : khat consumption, time, and mental wellbeing among unemployed young men in Jimma, Ethiopia / by Daniel Mains -- The greater good : surviving sexual violence for schooling / by Eileen Anderson-Fye -- Grandmothers, children, and intergenerational distress in Nicaraguan transnational families / by Kristin Yarris -- Addiction in Colombia : local lives, broader lessons / by Daniel H. Lende and Sarah Fishleder -- Life "under the wire" : perceived discrimination and mental health of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic / by Hunter Keys -- Festive fighting and forgiving : ritual and resilience among indigenous Indian "conservation refugees" / by Jeffrey Snodgrass -- Who belongs in a psychiatric hospital? : post-socialist Romania in the age of globalizing psychiatry / by Jack Friedman -- The "cost" of healthcare : poverty, depression, and diabetes among Mexican immigrants in the United States / by Emily Mendenhall -- The few, the proud : women combat veterans and posttraumatic stress disorder in the U.S. / by Erin P. Finley -- Cultural competence and its discontents : reflections on a mandatory course for psychiatry residents / by Sarah S. Willen and Anne Kohler -- People, praxis, and power in global mental health : anthropology and the experience gap / by Brandon A. Kohrt with Reverend Bill Jallah -- Thinking too much in the Central Plateau : an apprenticeship approach to treating local distress in Haiti / by Bonnie N. Kaiser and Kristen E. McLean -- Task-shifting in global health : mental health implications for community health workers and volunteers / by Kenneth Maes -- "We Can't Find This Spirit of Help" : Mental Health, Social Issues, and Community Home-Based Care Providers in central Mozambique / by Ippolytos Kalofonos -- Shared humanity among non-specialist peer care providers for persons living with psychosis : implications for global mental health / by Neely Myers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014041403 |
| ISBN | 9781611329230 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 161132923X (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781611329247 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1611329248 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |