Global Psychologies - Mental Health and the Global South (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Suman Fernando • Roy Moodley
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	329
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-95815-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Social sciences > Psychology > The self, ego, identity, personality Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	1-349-95815-8
Barcode:	9781349958153

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