Ciba Foundation Symposium - Transcultural Psychiatry

Copyright © 1965 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium - Transcultural Psychiatry

Editor(s): A.V.S. de Reuck, Ruth Porter

Published Online: 22 JAN 2009

Print ISBN: 9780470722862

Online ISBN: 9780470719428

DOI: 10.1002/9780470719428

About this Book

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages I–XII)

    1. Chapter 1

      Chairman's Opening Remarks (pages 1–3)

      Sir Aubrey Lewis

  3. Part 1: Introduction

    1. Chapter 2

      Recent Developments in Transcultural Psychiatry (pages 4–25)

      E. D. Wittkower and Hsien Rin

    2. Chapter 3

      Hominid Evolution, Cultural Adaptation and Mental Dysfunctioning (pages 26–61)

      A. Irving Hallowell

  4. Part 2: Cross-Cultural Variations in Psychiatric Symptomatology

    1. Chapter 4

      Schizophrenic and Borderline States (pages 62–83)

      T. Adeoye Lambo

    2. Chapter 5

      Phenomenology of Affective Disorder in Chinese and Other Cultures (pages 84–114)

      P. M. Yap

    3. Chapter 6

      Housing and Mental Health in Developing Countries (pages 115–136)

      Joseph Zvi Hes

  5. Part 3: Cross-Cultural Variations in Care of the Mentally III

    1. Chapter 7

      Social Aspects of Ideas About Treatment (pages 137–168)

      J. B. Loudon

    2. Chapter 8

      Cultural Elements in the Response to Treatment (pages 169–194)

      G. M. Carstairs

  6. Part 4: Interaction of Social and Cultural Factors in Mental Health

    1. Chapter 9

      Changing Patterns of Adolescence (pages 195–215)

      Martha Wolfenstein

    2. Chapter 10

      Cultural Change and Psychiatric Disorder (pages 216–235)

      Alexander H. Leighton

    3. Chapter 11

      Adult Roles (pages 236–267)

      Margaret Mead

  7. Part 5: Methodology

    1. Chapter 12

      Methods of Psychiatric Research in Africa (pages 268–302)

      Edward L. Margetts

    2. Chapter 13

      The Epidemiological Approach to Transcultural Psychiatric Research (pages 303–327)

      H. B. M. Murphy

    3. Chapter 14

      Transcultural Diagnosis of Mental Health by Means of Psychological Tests (pages 328–383)

      George A. Devos

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      Addendum (page 384)

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      Index of Authors (page 385)

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      Subject Index (pages 387–396)

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