Culture-bound syndromes, idioms of distress, and cultural concepts of distress: New directions for an old concept in psychological anthropology
This issue of Transcultural Psychiatry showcases some recent work on idioms of distress – the latest in a long line of anthropological research concerned with cross-cultural concepts and experiences of distress.1 Mark Nichter’s (1981) seminal paper introducing idioms of distress has become a cynosur...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Transcultural psychiatry Jg. 56; H. 4; S. 589 - 598 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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London, England
SAGE Publications
01.08.2019
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| ISSN: | 1363-4615, 1461-7471, 1461-7471 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This issue of Transcultural Psychiatry showcases some recent work on idioms of distress – the latest in a long line of anthropological research concerned with cross-cultural concepts and experiences of distress.1
Mark Nichter’s (1981) seminal paper introducing idioms of distress has become a cynosure for psychological anthropology and transcultural psychiatry. A growing body of work has since accumulated; however, the last time a collection of such research was brought together was the 2010 publication of a special issue in the journal Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry organized by Devon Hinton and Roberto Lewis-Fernández. In the decade since, new questions have arisen about the boundaries and applications of idioms of distress research. In this introduction, we provide a brief history of work on idioms of distress and related concepts. Then, we introduce several major themes explored by the papers in this special issue. |
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| Bibliographie: | ObjectType-Article-1 content type line 23 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 |
| ISSN: | 1363-4615 1461-7471 1461-7471 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1363461519862708 |