Research Catalog

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Description

1. vi, 292 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "In recent years, many Americans have claimed to have multiple personalities or recovered memories, or to have been abused by satanists or extraterrestrials. At the same time, disorders like chronic fatigue syndrome and "total allergy syndrome" have been on the increase. This book places these claims and supposed disorders in the framework of "culture bound syndromes," both Western and non-Western, and shows how they reflect the essentially social and even theatrical nature of human thought and action. These claims and disorders illustrate, in the clearest possible form, aspects of human nature discovered by social psychologists, but not yet widely understood by those outside the field.
2. By considering these claims and disorders in detail, this book introduces readers to a new view of thought and consciousness that will change the way readers see themselves and others."--Jacket.

Subject

1. Sick > Psychology
2. Social influence
3. Physician and patient
4. Psychotherapist and patient
5. Social psychiatry
6. Social psychology
7. Sick Role
8. Psychology, Social
9. Physician-Patient Relations
10. Community Psychiatry
11. Malades > Psychologie
12. Influence sociale
13. Relations médecin-patient
14. Relations psychothérapeutiques
15. Psychiatrie sociale
16. Psychologie sociale
17. social psychology
18. 44.91 psychiatry, psychopathology
19. Social psychology
20. Physician and patient
21. Psychotherapist and patient
22. Sick > Psychology
23. Social influence
24. Social psychiatry
25. Konstrukt
26. Krankheitsbild
27. Medizin
28. Wissenschaftstheorie
29. Zeitgeist
30. Geestelijke gezondheid
31. Iatrogene ziekten
32. Cultuurpsychologie
33. Arts-patiënt-relatie

Contents

1. The Theater of Disorder -- Basic Research and Observations -- Anthropological and Historical Studies -- Playing the Hypnotic Game -- Hysteria and Hysteria-like Disorders -- Multiple Personality Disorder -- Recovered Memory Roles -- Self-Knowledge, the Unconscious, and the Future of Illness Roles.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-271) and index.