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Handbook of Culture, Therapy, and Healing

Jefferson M Fish editor Uwe P Gielen editor Juris G Draguns editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:8th Apr '04

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Emotional, as well as physical distress, is a heritage from our hominid ancestors; it has been experienced by every group of human beings since our emergence as a species. And every known culture has developed systems of conceptualization and intervention for addressing it.

The editors have brought together leading psychologists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, and others to consider the interaction of psychosocial, biological, and cultural variables as they influence the assessment of health and illness and the course of therapy. The volume includes broadly conceived theoretical and survey chapters; detailed descriptions of specific healing traditions in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and the Arab world.

The Handbook of Culture, Therapy, and Healing is a unique resource, containing information about Western therapies practiced in non-Western cultures, non-Western therapies practiced both in their own context and in the West.

ISBN: 9780805849240

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1000g

454 pages