Anthropology and Mental Health: Setting a New Course
In: World Anthropology
In: World Anthropology Ser
Intro -- General Editor's Preface -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Whither the Fresh Course? -- SECTION ONE: COSMOLOGIES AND MENTAL HEALTH -- Introduction -- The Relationship Between Witchcraft Beliefs and Psychosomatic Illness -- Humoral Theory and Therapy in Tunisia -- SECTION TWO: CULTURE AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY -- Introduction -- Japanese-American Suicides in Los Angeles -- Personal Situation as a Determinant of Suicide and Its Implications for Cross-Cultural Studies -- Multiethnic Studies of Psychopathology and Normality in Hawaii -- Kifafa: A Tribal Disease in an East African Bantu Population -- SECTION THREE: FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS -- Introduction -- Coalition of a Kali Healer and a Psychiatrist in Guyana, Mediated by an Anthropologist (A Summary) -- Psychiatrists and Spiritual Healers: Partners in Community Mental Health -- A Model for Training Mental Health Workers in Cross-Cultural Counseling -- Work Styles Among American Psychiatric Residents -- Historical Antecedants of Mental Health Dilemmas in America -- SECTION FOUR: PREVENTION OF MENTAL DISORDER -- Introduction -- Primary Prevention: A Combined Psychiatric-Anthropological Appraisal -- Breaking Ties With Deceased Spouse (A Summary) -- SECTION FIVE: NEW THEORETICAL DIRECTIONS -- Introduction -- Rethinking Our Premises -- Development of Theoretical Models and Levels of Interpretation in Mental Health -- "Brainwashing" as Therapeutic Technique in Contemporary Canadian Indian Spirit Dancing: A Case in Theory Building -- SECTION SIX: METHODS AND MODELS -- Introduction -- A Review of Methods in Holocultural Studies in Mental Health/Illness -- Schizophrenic Graphic Expression and Tribal Art in New Guinea -- The Vectors of Changing Values: A Model for Predicting Change in Mental Deviance Rates in Developing Countries.
