Disturbing Spirits – Mental Illness, Trauma, and Treatment in Modern Syria and …

Disturbing SpiritsMental Illness, Trauma, and Treatment in Modern Syria and Lebanon\nAuthor(s): Beverly A. Tsacoyianis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268200725, 978-0268200725\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates the psychological toll of conflict in the Middle East during the twentieth century, including discussion of how spiritual and religious frameworks influence practice and theory.\n\n The concept of mental health treatment in war-torn Middle Eastern nations is painfully understudied. In Disturbing Spirits, Beverly A. Tsacoyianis blends social, cultural, and medical history research methods with approaches in disability and trauma studies to demonstrate that the history of mental illness in Syria and Lebanon since the 1890s is embedded in disparatebut not necessarily mutually exclusiveideas about legitimate healing. Tsacoyianis examines the encounters between \""Western\"" psychiatry .