Cultural Cognition and Psychopathology

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An interdisciplinary volume which draws together the concepts of culture and cognition in the wider context of psychopathology. It provides new perspectives on the etiology, treatment, and prevention of psychopathology by challenging current individualistic models and assumptions, while offering new theoretical formulations that take account of the cultural foundation of the cognition process. This book is divided into three sections. The first offers a history of the existing shortsighted models that see the individual as the source of pathological cognitions. The second section is comprised of nine chapters that examine selected mental disorders. The final section examines the implications of new models that take account of cultural sources of cognition. This book will be of interest to clinical and cross-cultural psychology; anthropology, sociology, and professionals in psychology, social services, and public health.

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Cultural Cognition and Psychopathology is a valuable and timely contribution to the field of cultural studies. It provides a wealth of up-to-date and critically reviewed information. This volume is well worth a careful reading by mental health professionals and trainees as well as anyone else interested in this thought-provoking and often controversial area of knowledge.-Psychiatric Services
Recommended for collections covering psychiatry/psychology, anthropology, sociology, and cross-disciplinary works on culture and cognition cultural. An interesting and provocative volume for upper-division undergraduates, researchers, and practitioners alike.-Choice
"Cultural Cognition and Psychopathology is a valuable and timely contribution to the field of cultural studies. It provides a wealth of up-to-date and critically reviewed information. This volume is well worth a careful reading by mental health professionals and trainees as well as anyone else interested in this thought-provoking and often controversial area of knowledge."-Psychiatric Services
"Recommended for collections covering psychiatry/psychology, anthropology, sociology, and cross-disciplinary works on culture and cognition cultural. An interesting and provocative volume for upper-division undergraduates, researchers, and practitioners alike."-Choice

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JOHN F. SCHUMAKER is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand./e TONY WARD is an Associate Professor of Psychology and coordinator of the forensic doctoral program in the Department of Criminology at the University of Melbourne, Australia./e