Curanderos and Mental Health Professionals: A Comparative Study on Perceptions of Psychopathology.
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| Title: | Curanderos and Mental Health Professionals: A Comparative Study on Perceptions of Psychopathology. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Arenas, Silverio |
| Source: | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Dec 1980 2(4):407-421. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 1980 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Folk Culture, Health Personnel, Hispanic American Culture, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Mexican Americans, Perception, Psychology, Psychopathology |
| Abstract: | Compared to mental health professionals, curanderos were more reluctant to label psychiatric or folk-medical disorders in hypothetical case histories as "mental illness." They perceived people as less seriously ill and less dangerous to others or to themselves. Curanderos perceived the disorders, their causes, and appropriate treatments in culturally specific ways. (Author/SB) |
| Entry Date: | 1981 |
| Accession Number: | EJ241043 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Compared to mental health professionals, curanderos were more reluctant to label psychiatric or folk-medical disorders in hypothetical case histories as "mental illness." They perceived people as less seriously ill and less dangerous to others or to themselves. Curanderos perceived the disorders, their causes, and appropriate treatments in culturally specific ways. (Author/SB) |
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