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Studying Mental Illness in Context: Local, Global, or Universal?

Author(s) -

Good Byron J.

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

ethos

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783

H-Index - 44

eISSN - 1548-1352

pISSN - 0091-2131

DOI - 10.1525/eth.1997.25.2.230

Subject(s) - mental illness , ethnography , ethnic group , context (archaeology) , outcome (game theory) , psychiatry , psychology , mental health , sociology , medicine , geography , anthropology , archaeology , mathematics , mathematical economics

What are the social and cultural/actors that influence the course and outcome of serious mental illness? What are the basic processes that influence the diagnosis and assessment of persons suffering such illness, and how do we accountfor higher levels of misdiagnosis among members of ethnic minorities in the United States? A review of the current status of these two major research questions illustrates characteristics of current research and the importance of ethnographic studies for advancing our understanding of basic processes.

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