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Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia across Cultures
T.M. Luhrmann
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Paperback. Why is it that the rates of developing schizophrenia - long the poster child for the biomedical model of psychiatric illness - are low in some countries and not others? This book gives an account of the different experiences living with serious psychotic disorder in the U.S., India, Africa, and South East Asia. Editor(s): Luhrmann, T. M.; Marrow, Jocelyn. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Schizophrenia has long puzzled researchers in the fields of psychiatric medicine and anthropology. Why is it that the rates of developing schizophrenia - long the poster child for the biomedical model of psychiatric illness - are low in some countries and higher in others? And why do migrants to Western countries find that they are at higher risk for this disease after they arrive? T. M. Luhrmann and Jocelyn Marrow argue that the root causes of schizophrenia are not only biological, but also sociocultural. This book gives an intimate, personal account of those living with serious psychotic disorder in the ... Read more
Schizophrenia has long puzzled researchers in the fields of psychiatric medicine and anthropology. Why is it that the rates of developing schizophrenia - long the poster child for the biomedical model of psychiatric illness - are low in some countries and higher in others? And why do migrants to Western countries find that they are at higher risk for this disease after they arrive? T. M. Luhrmann and Jocelyn Marrow argue that the root causes of schizophrenia are not only biological, but also sociocultural. This book gives an intimate, personal account of those living with serious psychotic disorder in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
Series
Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520291096
SKU
V9780520291096
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About T.M. Luhrmann
T. M. Luhrmann is Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. She is the author of When God Talks Back, Of Two Minds, and Persuasions of the Witch's Craft. Jocelyn Marrow is a cultural anthropologist and Senior Study Director at Westat in Rockville, Maryland.
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