Religious Perspectives in Urban and Rural Mental Health in the Muslim World
Psychiatry and religion both draw upon rich traditions of human thought and practice. In fact, psychiatry is the branch of medicine that most prominently incorporates the humanities and social sciences in its scientific base and in its treatment of illnes
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Niels Okkels Christina Blanner Kristiansen Povl Munk-Jørgensen Editors
Mental Health and Illness in the City
Mental Health and Illness Worldwide Series Editors Norman Sartorius Mental Health Programmes (AMH) Association for the Improvement Geneva, Switzerland Ee Heok Kua National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore
Most books on mental health and illness are published for readers in North America and Europe, and not much is known about psychiatric practice, services and research in Asia, Africa, and South America. This series will include contributions of clinicians and researchers worldwide. Each volume will cover broad issues including epidemiology, cross-cultural comparison, clinical research, stigma of mental illness, cultural issues in mental healthcare, health economics, innovative services, preventive programs and health service outcome research. The volumes will find a wide readership among psychiatrists, psychologists, sociologists, health policy makers, social workers, health economists, anthropologists and philosophers. It will provide the readers a broader perspective of mental health and illness worldwide and also future research initiatives. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14178
Niels Okkels • Christina Blanner Kristiansen Povl Munk-Jørgensen Editors
Mental Health and Illness in the City With a special contribution by D. Goldberg and G. Thornicroft
With 20 Figures and 16 Tables
Editors Niels Okkels Department of Affective Disorders Aarhus University Hospital Risskov Risskov, Denmark
Christina Blanner Kristiansen Department of Psychiatry Odense University Hospital Odense, Denmark
Povl Munk-Jørgensen Department of Psychiatry Odense University Hospital Odense, Denmark
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