Psychiatric Encounters: Madness and Modernity in Yucatan, Mexico (Medical Anthropology)
An anthropological exploration of psychiatric care, cultural concepts of madness, and the effects of modernity in Yucatan, Mexico.
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Psychiatric Encounters examines mental health care and cultural understandings of madness in Yucatan, Mexico.
The book explores interactions between psychiatric institutions and local communities within a framework of medical anthropology.
It considers how modernity shapes perceptions and treatment of mental illness in the region.
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