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by Santosh K. Chaturvedi (Author), Sandeep Grover (Author), Sachin Nagendrappa (Author)
The body is a cultural vessel, giving voice to the unspoken words of the soul and transforming the nuances of distress into a script of symptoms that echoes across diverse cultural landscapes.
Within the intricate tapestry of human experience, certain threads stand out, weaving a story that defies boundaries and spans the globe. Somatization Across Cultures unfurls these threads, illuminating the diverse landscape of somatisation disorders and their interplay with culture, identity, and healing practices. As you embark on this literary voyage, prepare to traverse continents and minds, exploring the profound connection between the physical and the psychological, the cultural and the clinical. Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, this volume brings together the various somatisation syndromes: their description, presentation, assessment, and management in one place. It is a fascinating read for any psychiatrist, physician, clinical psychologist, public health specialist, nurse and otherhealthcare professional, as well as any sociologist, anthropologist, and policymaker, and anyone else interested in this area of psychiatry.
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Santosh K. Chaturvedi, Sandeep Grover, Sachin Nagendrappa, Bhavika Vajawat
Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 1.01 x 9.38 x 6.39 IN
Publication Date: January 03, 2025
