Depression in kerala: ayurveda and mental health care in 21st century india
Auteur :
Lang, Claudia
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367589585
Date de publication :
14 août 2020
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
630 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines depression as a widely diagnosed and treated common mental disorder in India and offers a significant ethnographic study of the application of a traditional Indian medical system (Ayurveda) to the very modern problem of depression. Based on over a year of fieldwork, it investigates the Ayurvedic response to the burden of depressi