The Entanglement of Culture and Psychosis by Ingo Lambrecht, ... - 9781032648743

The Entanglement of Culture and PsychosisPerspectives Across Disciplines and Experiences\nAuthor(s): Ingo Lambrecht, Anna Lavis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032648743, 978-1032648743\nSynopsis\nFeaturing contributions from a variety of international voices, this volume draws\non a range of disciplinary, practice, and experiential perspectives to offer new\nunderstandings of relationships between culture and psychosis.\n\nTaking neither culture nor psychosis as neatly defined, the chapters trace how\nindividual illness and recovery experiences, treatment paradigms, and diagnostic\ncategories are all culturally shaped. Together, they illustrate that paying attention\nto culture is crucial to understanding the complexities of lived experiences, as well\nas the workings of culture in biomedicine and psychiatry. Offering a sensitive and\nmulti-vocal approach to the topic, the book is an innovative, timely, and the.