Culture and Psychopathology: The Anthropology of Mental Illness

ISBN-13: 9783631794616 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 184 str.

Georgi Onchev

Opis

The book presents an interdisciplinary and cross-genre study of the relationship between culture and psychopathology as concerns their essence, mutual influence on symptom formation, and on manifestation in mystical states, mental disorders, and treatment. Predictions about cultural trends and their impact on pathology and identity are made.

Spis treści

Heritage and Phenomena - Culture: Essence and Dimensions - Psychopathology: Essence and Manifestation - The Culture-Psychopathology Relationship - Mysticism and Psychopathology - Schizophrenia and Culture - Culture Specific Syndromes - Treatment and Culture - After Tomorrow

O autorze

Georgi Onchev is Professor in Psychiatry and Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology in the Medical University of Sofia. His main research experience and interests include transcultural psychiatry, personality disorders, schizophrenia, coercion in psychiatry, long-term follow up of chronic psychosis, innovative methods for rehabilitative care, and modern cognitive distortions.