Mental Health Worldwide Culture, Globalization and Development
Description
Offers a perceptive critique of the universalized model of psychiatry and its apparent exportation from the West to the developing world. Rooted in detailed analysis of the problems this causes, the book proposes new suggestions for advancing the field of mental health and wellbeing in a way that is ethical, sustainable and culturally sensitive.
Keywords
Social ScienceDisease & Health IssuesMedicalPsychiatryPsychologyClinical PsychologyPsychopathologyDeveloping & Emerging CountriesPolitical ScienceGlobalizationSociology
2014Book
Author(s)Suman Fernando
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137329592
LanguageEnglish
