Understanding the Social Etiology of Psychosis

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13 - Understanding the Social Etiology of Psychosis

from Section Three - Cultural Contexts of Psychopathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015

Kwame McKenzie and

Jai Shah

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Laurence J. Kirmayer ,

Robert Lemelson and

Constance A. Cummings

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Laurence J. Kirmayer: Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Robert Lemelson: Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Constance A. Cummings: Affiliation:
Foundation for Psychocultural Research, California

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Information: Re-Visioning Psychiatry
Cultural Phenomenology, Critical Neuroscience, and Global Mental Health
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