Gadit A A.
Ethnopsychiatry - a review.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;53(10):483-90.

The subject of ethnopsychiatry deals with the study of mental illnesses in cross-cultural perspective including its definition, classification, causality and treatment of mentally ill persons in differing contexts. This review paper describes the evolution of ethnopsychiatry, explaining the meanings of normal and abnormal in terms of mental health, the concepts about mental illnesses in various cultures, the socio-cultural influences, treatment issues and shamanism. The emphasis is on understanding the cross-cultural issues in order to understand the mental illness in its diverse perspective. It also attempts to examine the possibility of collaboration between psychiatrists and shamans in the local context. This is a review article.

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