Spirit Versus Scalpel

Traditional Healing and Modern Psychotherapy

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

This is a unique presentation of systems of traditional healing from around the world. It provides information about the concept of healing from many different cultural perspectives and explores the application of these cultural perspectives to modern psychotherapeutic and health care settings. The last decade has seen a literal explosion of data that support the idea that states of mind have consistent and demonstrable effects on physical health. With examples that examine traditional and modern healing systems in many different cultures around the world, this work demonstrates that most cultures perceive illness as a dislocation of the individual from his or her communal context. The healing process is effected through contextualizing the individual in community by ritual, ceremony, trance, pilgrimage, and family practices. Traditional healing systems are shown to have particular importance relating to modern medical responses to mental illness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-04-18
Mått:161 x 240 x 18 mm
Vikt:537 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780897894067

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medicin: allmänt inom Medicin
Alternativ medicin och terapier inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

LEONORE LOEB ADLER is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Molloy College where she is also director of the Institute for Cross-Cultural and Cross-Ethnic Studies. She has been involved in cross-cultural research for over 30 years and is author, editor or coeditor of more than 14 books.B. RUNI MUKHERJI is Associate Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. She has written numerous professional articles on cognitive psychology and cross-cultural issues of health, aging, and ethnic identification.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Albert Pepitone Foreword by Uwe P. Gielen Introduction by Leonore Loeb Adler and B. Runi Mukherji Concepts of Healing From Hippocrates to Psychoneuroimmunology: Medicine as Art and Science by Helmut E. Adler and Leonore Loeb Adler Cultural Perceptions of Life and Death by John Beatty Unspoken Assumptions in Communicating about Inner States: Chinese External versus Internal by Edward H. Bendix Healers and Their Methods from Around the Globe; The Traditional Healer in a Multicultural Society: The South African Experience by Dap A. Louw and Engela Pretorius Oracles in Ladakh: A Personal Experience by Elan Golomb Traditional Healing in India by Nihar Ranjan Mrinal, Uma Singhal Mrinal, and B. Runi Mukherji A Study of Curative Options Available in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka by Suneetha S. de Silva and Willie J. Epps Mesa Blanca: A Puerto Rican Healing Tradition by Angela Jorge The Healing Practices of Mexican Spiritualism by Regina Spires-Robin and Peggy McGarrahan Shamanism in Alaska by Margaret Fischer Treatment and Training Endorsing Irrational Beliefs Cross-Culturally: Clinical Implications by Mitchell W. Robin and Raymond DiGiuseppe Religion versus Medicine versus Clinical Psychoanalysis or "Spirit" versus "Scalpel" versus "Castration" in a Case of Recovering Alcoholism by C. Edward Robins The Role of the Referral Agent in Treatment Selection and Treatment Efficacy: A Cultural Perspective by Charles V. Callahan Cultural and Psychological Influences on Mental Health Issues for Chinese Americans by Diana Chen Culture and Health Care: A Review of the Literature and Suggestions for Curriculum Development and Implementation by Lisa Whitten Index About the Contributors