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World mental health casebook : social and mental health programs in low-income countries / edited by Alex Cohen, Arthur Kleinman, and Benedetto Saraceno.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c2002.Description: x, 246 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780306467325 0306467321
  • 0306467321
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.209 21 COH
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Contents:
Preface; A. Cohen, A. Kleinman. Introduction; A. Cohen, et al. 1. Rehabilitation of Schizophrenia Patients in China: The Shanghai Model; D. Chang, et al. 2. Enhancing Adherence: The Role of Group Psychotherapy in the Treatment of MDR-TB in Urban Peru; A. Sweetland, et al. 3. Mental Health Promoter Training with Guatemalan Refugee Women in Mexico City and the Camps of Southern Mexico; D.L. Billings, I. Saenz. 4. Mental Health Services in Primary Care: The Case of Nepal; S. Acland. 5. `Our Lives Were Covered in Darkness': The Work of the National Literacy Mission in Northern India; A. Cohen. 6. The Risk of Freedom: Mental Health Services in Trieste; A. Cohen, B. Saraceno. 7. Indigenous Models for Attenuation of Postpartum Depression: Case Studies from Fiji and Hong Kong; A.E. Becker, D.T.S. Lee. About the Contributors. Index
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Using real cases based in the South Pacific, Asia, South and Latin America and Europe, this volume sets out examples of community-based interventions that have succeeded by implementing outreach to the families and community to identify those in need, reliable and adequate drug supplies, treatment interventions, healthy psychosocial environments. This book will interest mental health professionals, international public health workers, global program administrators, and clinicians and healthcare workers.

Preface; A. Cohen, A. Kleinman. Introduction; A. Cohen, et al. 1. Rehabilitation of Schizophrenia Patients in China: The Shanghai Model; D. Chang, et al. 2. Enhancing Adherence: The Role of Group Psychotherapy in the Treatment of MDR-TB in Urban Peru; A. Sweetland, et al. 3. Mental Health Promoter Training with Guatemalan Refugee Women in Mexico City and the Camps of Southern Mexico; D.L. Billings, I. Saenz. 4. Mental Health Services in Primary Care: The Case of Nepal; S. Acland. 5. `Our Lives Were Covered in Darkness': The Work of the National Literacy Mission in Northern India; A. Cohen. 6. The Risk of Freedom: Mental Health Services in Trieste; A. Cohen, B. Saraceno. 7. Indigenous Models for Attenuation of Postpartum Depression: Case Studies from Fiji and Hong Kong; A.E. Becker, D.T.S. Lee. About the Contributors. Index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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