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Cultural Psychiatry: A Critical Introduction

Cultural Psychiatry: A Critical Introduction (McGill Univ.). This course presents a critical introduction to theory and research in cultural psychiatry - the study of cultural influences on, and responses to, mental health problems. Topics include: an overview of the history of cultural psychiatry; conceptual problems and research methods for studying culture and context in mental health; somatization and bodily idioms of distress; dissociation of memory and identity; cultural variations in emotional experience; trauma and the social construction of diagnostic entities; culture and psychosis; the mental health of immigrants and refugees; the mental health of Indigenous peoples; systems of ritual and symbolic healing; models of mental health care for culturally diverse populations; globalization and the future of cultural psychiatry.

Lecture 03 - Research Methods in Cultural Psychiatry, Part 1

Dr. Laurence Kirmayer examines how knowledge is generated in the field of cultural psychiatry and what the limitations in the field are. The lecture covers philosophical concerns on the nature of experience and cultural difference.


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Lecture 01 - Cultural Psychiatry: A Critical Introduction, Part 1
Lecture 01 - Cultural Psychiatry: A Critical Introduction, Part 2
Lecture 02 - Somatization and Bodily Idioms of Distress, Part 1
Lecture 02 - Somatization and Bodily Idioms of Distress, Part 2
Lecture 03 - Research Methods in Cultural Psychiatry, Part 1
Lecture 03 - Research Methods in Cultural Psychiatry, Part 2
Lecture 04 - Trance, Possession and Dissociation in Cultural Psychiatry, Part 1
Lecture 04 - Trance, Possession and Dissociation in Cultural Psychiatry, Part 2
Lecture 05 - Culture and Psychiatry, Part 1
Lecture 05 - Culture and Psychiatry, Part 2
Lecture 06 - Culture and Emotion, Part 1
Lecture 06 - Culture and Emotion, Part 2
Lecture 07 - Culture and Psychoses, Part 1
Lecture 07 - Culture and Psychoses, Part 2
Lecture 08 - Rethinking Migrant and Refugee Children
Lecture 09 - The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples, Part 1
Lecture 09 - The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples, Part 2
Lecture 10 - Healing, Ritual and Psychotherapy, Part 1
Lecture 10 - Healing, Ritual and Psychotherapy, Part 2
Lecture 11 - Models of Mental Health Services in Multicultural Societies
Lecture 12 - The Future of Cultural Psychiatry