Full Description
Psychotic disorders are a major public health challenge. Psychoses are associated with significant individual, familial, and societal costs. Yet, our understanding of these conditions is limited because the overwhelming majority of research is conducted in a small number of countries in North America, Europe, and Australasia, which together comprise only around 16% of the world's population. There are consequently substantial gaps in our knowledge of psychoses, and the need for a global perspective is obvious.
Psychosis: Global Perspectives comprises two parts: In the first half of the book, the authors review the current evidence base on psychoses around the world by theme, from epidemiology to human rights, highlighting commonalities and differences between settings and illustrating the gaps in our knowledge. The second half of the book synthesises existing research from nine countries in the Global South, providing detailed accounts of ongoing research programmes, local treatment systems, and cultural contexts, and contrasting these with theory and data generated from the Global North. Together, these sections illustrate how experiences of psychosis may be shaped by social context, and the importance of diversifying the settings in which research on psychosis is conducted.
Academically rigorous yet accessibly written, this new title addresses the substantial inequalities in literature and attention in the global understanding of psychotic disorders.
Contents
Part I Psychosis by Topic
1: Ozden Merve Mollaahmetoglu and James B. Kirkbride: Psychosis across place: The madding crowdDL urban living and psychosis
2: Els van der Ven: Psychosis across persons 1: Minority ethnic groups and migration
3: Charlotte Gayer-Anderson, Stephanie Beards, and Ulrich Reininghaus: Psychosis across persons 2: Poverty, trauma, and sociodevelopment
4: Giulia Segre, Conrad Iyegbe, Sarah Tosato, Geraldo Busatto, and Paola Dazzan: Psychosis across persons 3: Genes, biology, and neurodevelopment
5: Jonathan K. Burns: Psychosis across persons 4: Course and outcome
6: Alex Cohen: Mortality and psychosis
7: Neely Anne Laurenzo Myers: Psychosis, phenomenology, and culture: Welcoming the 'black box'
8: Ashok Malla and Srividya N. Iyer: Services and systems of care for psychotic disorders: A global perspective
9: Ursula M. Read and Erminia Colucci: Human rights and psychosis
Part II Psychosis by Place
10: Cristina Marta Del-Ben, Rosana Shuhama, and Paulo Rossi Menezes: Ribeirao Preto, Brazil: Incidence and risks
11: Gerard Hutchinson: Trinidad and Tobago
12: Oye Gureje, Akin Ojagbemi, and Oluyomi Esan: Nigeria
13: Charlotte Hanlon, Alex Cohen, and Atalay Alem: Ethiopia
14: Jonathan K. Burns and Bonginkosi Chiliza: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
15: Dzmitry Krupchanka, Petr Winkler, Arunas Germanavicius, Jan Pfeiffer, Cyril Höschl, Oksana Plevachuk, and Orest Suvalo: Central and Eastern Europe
16: Rangaswamy Thara, Sujit John, Ramachandran Padmavati, Greeshma Mohan, and Vijaya Raghavan: Chennai, India
17: Christy Lai Ming Hui, Wing Chung Chang, Sherry Kit Wa Chan, Edwin Ho Ming Lee, and Eric Yu Hai Chen: Hong Kong
18: Shuiyuan Xiao and Lu Niu: Psychoses and mental health services in mainland China
19: Tessa Roberts, Alex Cohen, and Craig Morgan: Future directions
