PSYCHIATRIC STIGMA IN NONWESTERN SOCIETIES

被引:83
作者
FABREGA, H [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PITTSBURGH, WESTERN PSYCHIAT INST & CLIN, SCH MED, DEPT ANTHROPOL, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213 USA
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10.1016/0010-440X(91)90033-9
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
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Factors bearing on social stigma in persons with a psychiatric illness are the subject of this review of the literature. The review concentrates on material pertaining to non-Western societies. This is a topic that has not received much systematic attention. The cultural meanings associated with psychiatric illness are examined. Emphasis is given to societies ordinarily studied by anthropologists and social historians of non-Western medicine. Stigma is variable in the more elementary societies. It is present in India and especially China, and studies suggest that social stigma is less prevalent in Islamic societies. It is important to distinguish between how psychiatric illness is handled in community settings as versus in the system and tradition of medicine. © 1991.
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