Title: Mudpacks and prozac
Description: "People seeking psychiatric healing choose from an almost dizzying array of therapies - from the medicated mudpacks of Ayurveda, to the pharmacopeia of western biomedicine, to the spiritual pathways of the world's religions. How do we choose, what do the treatments offer, and how do they cure?" "In Mudpacks and Prozac, Murphy Halliburton investigates the very different ways in which western, Ayurvedic, and religious (Christian, Muslim, and Hindu) healing systems define psychiatric problems and cures. He describes people's embodied experiences of therapies that range from soothing to frightening and explores how enduring pleasure or pain affects healing. And through evocative portraits of patients in Kerala, India - a place of incredible cultural diversity that has become a Mecca for alternative medicine - Halliburton shows how sociopolitical changes around the globe may be limiting the ways in which people seek and experience health care, with negative effects on our quality of health and quality of life."--Jacket.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Traditional medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Healing, Cultural psychiatry, Human mechanics, Mental healing, Spiritual healing, Religion and science, Social medicine, Mental Disorders, Therapy, Mind-Body Relations (Metaphysics), Religion and Medicine, Mental illness, Treatment, Medicine, Religious aspects, Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical, Ethnopsychiatrie, Āyurveda, Guérison, Aspect social, Mécanique humaine, Mœurs et coutumes, Maladies mentales, Traitement, Médecine, Aspect religieux, HISTORY, India & South Asia, Social aspects, Manners and customs, Tradition (philosophie), Médecine indienne
Places: Kerala, Kerala (India), India