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Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health
Goffredo Bartocci (Guest Editor), Lise Bouchard (Editor), Mario Incayawar (Editor), Ronald Wintrob (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-74106-1
March 2009
294 pages
This exceptional book responds to the intense current interest in defining and understanding the contribution of traditional medical knowledge and the intervention techniques of traditional healers to national mental health services around the world.
Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health is a valuable addition to the bookshelf of a wide array of mental health trainees, researchers and professionals interested in cultural psychiatry in general and the role of traditional healers around the world.