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Title: |
Social & Cultural Psychiatry Experience from the Caribbean Region |
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| Edited by: |
Hari D Maharajh, Joav Merrick |
| ISBN10-13: |
1616685069 : 9781616685065 |
| Illustrations: |
tables, graphs, diagrams |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
398 |
| Weight: |
1.020 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - May 2011 |
| List Price: |
309.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Social issues & processes |
| This book captures the history, lifestyles and beliefs of Caribbean people relating them without impunity to the psychology of their emotion, thought and behaviour. This book studies research on the background of historical perspectives, definitions, dimensions and a Caribbean Diaspora, the interpretation of behaviours and mental disorders with contributions from witchcraft, priestcraft and science, as well as the challenge of the local interpretation of mental illness. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Foreword; Introduction; Medicine & the Caribbean Region; Culture, Behavior & Mental Illness; Suicidal Behavior & Suicide; Alcohol & Substance Abuse; General & Specialty Psychiatry; Reflections; Index. |
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