Psychiatry must not be separated from its historical and cultural context

Hoff, Paul

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“…Transcendental meditation (TM), yoga therapy, and prayer are almost universally known techniques that form a part of many traditional psychotherapeutic practices still practiced in India. [ 71 ] These are a way to develop an individual’s inner self, with some people having turned to spirituality as a healing balm for their aching hearts. [ 72 ] Older literature mentions the effectiveness of meditation on anxiety states,[ 73 ] tension headaches,[ 74 ] and drug abuse.…”

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Mutual learning and research messages: India, UK, and Europe

Kalra

Bhugra

2010

Indian J Psychiatry

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India and UK have had a long history together, since the times of the British Raj. Most of what Indian psychiatry is today, finds its roots in ancient Indian texts and medicine systems as much as it is influenced by the European system. Psychiatric research in India is growing. It is being influenced by research in the UK and Europe and is influencing them at the same time. In addition to the sharing of ideas and the know-how, there has also been a good amount of sharing of mental health professionals and research samples in the form of immigrants from India to the UK. The Indian mental health professionals based in UK have done a good amount of research with a focus on these Indian immigrants, giving an insight into cross-cultural aspects of some major psychiatric disorders. This article discusses the impact that research in these countries has had on each other and the contributions that have resulted from it.

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Mutual learning and research messages: India, UK, and Europe

Kalra

Bhugra

2010

Indian J Psychiatry

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“…Amit Ranjan Basu's article ‘Historicizing Indian Psychiatry’ 1 and the commentaries on it by Paul Hoff 2 and Sridhar Sharma 3 invoke some critical comments.…”

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Historicizing Indian Psychiatry

Chatterjee

2006

Indian J Psychiatry

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The rhetoric of women and children's rights in Indian psychiatry

Marrow

2013

Anthropology & Medicine

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Despite heavy patient caseloads and limited resources, psychiatric professionals of North Indian public teaching hospitals aspire to deliver psychosocial interventions along with pharmaceutical or biologic treatments. However, significant obstacles stand in the way of the success of these interventions. This paper discusses how the relative social and political status differences between elite professionals and their non-elite patients and patients' families render problematic many of the psychosocial interventions employed. Data were collected in the form of observations of practitioner-patient-family attendant interactions at the Outpatient Department, and interviews with patients, patients' family members, and psychiatric professionals at the Inpatient Department 2001-2004. Analysis found that many of the professionals' verbal interventions attempted to promote egalitarian styles of communication and relating among patients' family members. Psychiatrists perceived mental health problems as stemming from structural violence inherent in the North Indian institution of the family, which they described as organized hierarchically according to gender, age, and generation. One strategy evident in interventions deployed 'traditional' values, beliefs, and maxims irreverently in an attempt to re-order or level hierarchical differences. Another strategy invoked the concept of individual rights in an effort to empower weaker family members and enlighten powerful members regarding the destructive impact of relational styles predicated on inequality. Unfortunately, the professionals experienced their psychosocial interventions as unsuccessful. The paper suggests that rigid interactional norms across class statuses, an emphasis on liberal individual rights versus community rights, and a harsh exhortative style, contributed to the sense that the interventions alienated non-elite patients and family attendants.

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Psychiatry must not be separated from its historical and cultural context

Cited by 3 publications

References 1 publication

Mutual learning and research messages: India, UK, and Europe

Mutual learning and research messages: India, UK, and Europe

Historicizing Indian Psychiatry

The rhetoric of women and children's rights in Indian psychiatry

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