Global Psychologies : Mental Health and the Global South
1st ed. 2018
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1349958158
ISBN-13
9781349958153
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 11th, 2018
Print length
329 Pages
Weight
602 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 21.80 x 2.30 cms
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?This book critiques our reliance on Eurocentric knowledge in the education and training of psychology and psychiatry. The authors discuss liberation psychologies and contemporary movements in healing and psychological therapy that draw on both Western and non-Western sources of knowledge.
?This book critiques our reliance on Eurocentric knowledge in the education and training of psychology and psychiatry. Chapters explore the diversity of ''constructions of the self'' in non-Western cultures, examining traditional psychologies from Africa, Asia, Australasia, and Pre-Columbian America. The authors discuss liberation psychologies and contemporary movements in healing and psychological therapy that draw on both Western and non-Western sources of knowledge.
A central theme confronted is the importance, in a rapidly shrinking world, for knowledge systems derived from diverse cultures to be explored and disseminated equally. The authors contend that for this to happen, academia as a whole must lead in promoting cross-national and cross-cultural understanding that is free of colonial misconceptions and prejudices.
This unique collection will be of value to all levels of study and practice across psychology and psychiatry and to anyone interested in looking beyond Western definitions and understandings.
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