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Restoring Mental Health in India Pluralistic Therapies and Concepts

ISBN: 9780195698756 | 0195698754
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/19/2013

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Mental illness in India is generally considered incurable, inviting stigmatization and exclusion. Despite studies in the field, there is a dearth of exhaustive research on the management of mental health in India. This book fills an important gap in the study of mental illness, the perceptionsconcerning it, and the different approaches towards its management and treatment. The book highlights the importance in the Indian context of alternative therapy including religious therapy, and yoga and ancient ayurveda. Highlighting the 'Indianization' o... MORE
Preface: Transliteration of Words in Indian Languages1. Brigitte Sebastia: Introduction: Restoring Mental HealthPart I: Restoring Mental Health with Codified Indian Medicine2. O. Somasundaram: Medical, Literate and Cultural Approaches to Mental Disorders in Tamil Nadu3. Nadia Giguere: Dosa, Satvabalam, Genes and Puja-A God for Everything: An Ethnographic Study of a Government Ayurvedic Mental Hospital4. C. Kumar Babu: The Relevance of Yoga and Meditation in the Management of Common Mental DisordersPart II: Restoring Mental Health with Folk Medi... MORE

Brigitte Sebastia, Researcher in Social Anthropology, French Institute, Pondicherry; and Member, Ecole des Hautes etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris

Brigitte Sebastia is a researcher in Social Anthropology at the French Institute of Pondicherry, and a member of the Ecole des Hautes etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris.


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