Culture and Social Psychiatry Marvin Opler,
Publisher: Aldine Transaction
ISBN: 0202309541
DDC: 616.89
Edition: Paperback; 2007-01-31
Summary:
This brilliant and engrossing work of social synthesis, replete with
profound insights, opens up new vistas on the relationship between
culture and mental health. The author uses his own extensive findings
and his abundant knowledge of the cross-cultural studies in
psychiatry, anthropology, and sociology to demonstrate that
throughout history mental disorders have been closely linked with the
prevailing culture and have thus changed in kind and extent. Opler's
classic "Culture, Psychiatry, and Human Values" has here been revised
and expanded to nearly twice the size of the original work. The new
materials present in greater depth the author's views on the
connection between culture and mental health and broaden the
perspectives of theory and research on cultural change and
development, the migration of acculturating populations, and the
resulting shifts in diagnostic and therapeutic problems brought about
by the stresses of the modern world. By enriching a survey of
cultural evolution with fertile cross-cultural comparisons and a
discussion of the interaction between culture and personality, Opler
adds to our knowledge of the etiology and treatment of mental
illnesses in primitive societies as well as among more advanced
ethnic groups and subcultures in today's metropolis. Of particular
significance at a time when social and community psychiatry has
assumed a major role all over the world, this pioneering work is must
reading not only for students of culture and personality,
psychiatrists, social scientists, and workers in community health
programs, but also for the educated reader concerned about these
critical problems of our day.
Click on a subject to see other books listed with the same
subject or to drill down into components of the subject -- such as
geographical locations, dates and so on.
We query many merchants so that you can instantly
compare prices and
availability. You can even check historic prices and subscribe
for notifications. For a manual check, clicking on a link will open a
new window with a search for this book on the merchant's site of your
choice.
