Social and Cultural Psychiatry Experience from the Caribbean Region

Social and Cultural Psychiatry Experience from the Caribbean Region - Health and Human Development Series

Hardback (06 May 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book captures the history, lifestyles and beliefs of Caribbean people relating them without impunity to the psychology of their emotion, thought and behaviour. This book studies research on the background of historical perspectives, definitions, dimensions and a Caribbean Diaspora, the interpretation of behaviours and mental disorders with contributions from witchcraft, priestcraft and science, as well as the challenge of the local interpretation of mental illness.

Book information

ISBN: 9781616685065
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint: Nova Science Publishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.19689009729
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 398
Weight: 1022g
Height: 258mm
Width: 183mm
Spine width: 31mm