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Author Altman, Neil, 1946- author.

Title Psychoanalysis in an age of accelerating cultural change : spiritual globalization / Neil Altman
Published Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015

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Contents Introduction : psychoanalysis, community-based clinical work, culture -- Psychoanalysis and culture -- Psychoanalysis and community based clinical work -- Culture and community based work -- Psychoanalysis, community based clinical work, and culture : the three in interaction -- Clinical work in communities -- Globalization and mental health -- Conclusion and prospects
Summary Psychoanalysis in an Age of Accelerating Cultural Change: Spiritual Globalization addresses the current status of mental health work in the public and private sectors. The careful, thorough, approach to the individual person characteristic of psychoanalysis is mostly the province of an affluent few. Meanwhile, community-based mental health treatment, given shrinking budgets, tends to emphasize medication and short-term therapies. In an increasingly diverse society, considerations of culture in mental health treatment are given short shrift, despite obligatory nods to cultural competence. The
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 6, 2015)
Subject Psychoanalysis.
Community mental health services.
Social change.
Manners and customs.
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic Theory
Community Mental Health Services
Cultural Characteristics
Internationality
Social Change
psychoanalysis.
customs (social concepts)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Manners and customs
Community mental health services
Psychoanalysis
Social change
Form Electronic book
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