Comparative Psychiatry: The International and Intercultural Distribution of Mental Illness [Paperback]

Contents: Introduction. - Comparability of Official Sourcesof Data. - Comparability of Special Survey TechniqueFindings. - Schizophrenia. - The Acute Reactive Psychoses. -The Affective Disorders. - Suicide and Parasuicide. -Disorders Associated With Alcohol and Other Drugs. -Psychosomatic Disorders. - Neuroses and Other MinorDisorders. - Mental Health in Global Perspective. - SubjectIndex.1 Introduction.- 1 Definition, Goals, and Parameters.- 2 Concepts of Mental Disorder.- 3 Nations and Cultures.- 4 The Emic and Etic Viewpoints.- 5 Varieties of Approach.- 2 Comparability of Official Sources of Data.- 1 Hospitalizations:.- 2 Clinic Attendance and Combined Case Registers.- 3 Mortality from Suicide and Other Causes.- 4 Delinquency and Crime.- 5 Populations-at-Risk.- 6 Conclusions.- 3 Comparability of Special Survey Technique Findings.- 1 Case Identification by Practicing Psychiatrists.- 2 Case Identification by General Practitioners.- 3 Direct Identification by Research Psychiatrists.- 4 Household Survey by Questionnaire and Interview.- 5 Direct Case Identification by Questionnaire Alone.- 6 Case Identification by Lay Informants.- 7 Conclusions.- 4 Schizophrenia.- 1 Peoples with High Incidence Rates: Irish and Southwestern Croatians.- 2 Peoples with Low Rates: Hutterites, Tongans, and Taiwan Aborigines.- 3 Shifts from Low to High Rates: Achinese and Tallensi.- 4 Variations in Course and Outcome.- 5 Types and Symptomatology.- 6 Treatment Response.- 7 Conclusions.- 5 The Acute Reactive Psychoses.- 1 Historical Trends in Diagnosis.- 2 International Comparisons: Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean.- 3 Comparisons in Multicultural Societies: Singapore and Austria.- 4 Bouff?e D?lirante: France, Senegal, and Guadeloupe.- 5 The Psychoses of the Puerperium: West and North Africa.- 6 Amok: Malaysia, Indonesia, and Laos.- 7 Conclusions.- 6 The Affective Disorders.- 1 Historical Symptom Changes in Europe: The English Malady.- 2 High Incidence Ratla