Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing

Synopsis

As Human Migration Brings An Ever More Diverse Range Of People, Cultures And Beliefs Into Contact, Western Medical Systems Must Adapt To Cater For The Different Approaches It Encounters Towards Illness, The Body, Gender, Mental Health And Death. Based Upon Training Courses Taught By The Author To Staff At Hospitals, Mental Health Professionals, And On Degree Courses, This Complete Resource Provides An Essential Foundation For Understanding The Complex And Manifold Approaches To Medicine And Health Around The World. An Awareness Of This Diversity Moreover Allows Healthcare Professionals To Better Engage With Their Patients And Offer Them Satisfactory Care And Support In The Future. -- Consensual Reality, Spirituality And Religion -- Culture, Nationality And Ethnicity -- Cultural Beliefs About Health And Illness -- The Human Body -- Beliefs About Conception And Human Identity -- Women's Bodies And Human Behaviour -- Cultural U-turns And Changing Responses To Consensus -- Cultural Knowledge On Death And Dying -- Cultural Beliefs About Survival Beyond Death -- Anomalous Experiences : Religious And Spiritual Experiences -- Anomalous Experiences : Nde, Obe, Ele -- Anomalous Experiences : Cultural Interpretations Of Mental Health -- Anomalous Experiences : Popular Uprising And Spiritual Awakening -- Anomalous Experiences : Deliberate Shifts In Consciousness -- Why Address Cultural Understandings And Academic Fixity? -- Acknowledging Dissonance As A Way Forward -- Towards Positive Change. Dr Natalie Tobert ; Foreword By Dr Michael Cornwall. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.