Mental Health and Illness in the Rural World

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Mental Health and Illness Worldwide

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Beskrivning

This book looks into the mental health challenges in the rural world, the socio economic and cultural factors bearing on them and the best clinical practices to deal with them. It elaborates on the pressures of globalization and modernization that rural people find themselves in which brings about ever increasing stressful conditions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-04
Mått:155 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt:748 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mental Health and Illness Worldwide
Antal sidor:397
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789811023439

Utforska kategorier

Psykiatri inom Medicin
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik
Psykoterapi som behandlingsmetod inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Dr. Santosh Kumar Chaturvedi, MD, FRCPE (Edinburgh, UK), FRCPsych (UK), is a Senior Professor of Psychiatry and former Dean of Behavioural Sciences at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India. He is Head of the Department of Mental Health Education and has been the Head of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry Rehabilitation Services in the past. Dr. Chaturvedi is an Honorary Member of the World Psychiatric Association and member of many international and national societies and associations. His main areas of research and work have been consultation liaison psychiatry, chronic pain and somatization, neuropsychiatry, quality of life research, psycho-oncology and palliative care, and cultural psychiatry. He has received national awards by the Indian Council of Medical Research on three occasions and awards by the Indian Psychiatric Society – DLN MurthyRao Oration and Tilak Venkoba Rao Oration – and Poona Psychiatric Association on many occasions. He is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health, published by Springer Nature. He has numerous publications in various international and national journals. He has edited and/or published 20 books, manuals, and journals. For more information, visit https://santoshchaturvedi.in/.

Innehållsförteckning

From the contentsDifferences of prevalence of mental disorders in villages and towns.- Socio economic factors affecting mental health.- Gender differences in mental health of the rural people.- Common cultural Beliefs and Practices pertaining to mental health in the rural world.- Organization of mental health services in rural areas.- Advantages and disadvantages in the management of mental illnesses in rural areas.- Future directions.