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Humoral concepts of mental illness in India

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  • Weiss, Mitchell G.
  • Desai, Amit
  • Jadhav, Sushrut
  • Gupta, Lalit
  • Channabasavanna, S.M.
  • Doongaji, D.R.
  • Behere, Prakash B.

Abstract

Based on interviews with patients at three allopathic psychiatric clinics in Bombay, Bangalore and Varanasi, employing a preliminary version of the Explanatory Model Interview for Classification (EMIC) to elicit indigenous explanations of illness and patterns of prior help seeking, we discuss popular humoral theories of mental disorder. Even though most laypersons are unfamiliar with the content of the classical treatises of Ayurveda, the humoral traditions which they represent influence current perceptions. Case vignettes clarify the nature of the relationship between cultural, familial and personal factors that influence the experience of illness.

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  • Weiss, Mitchell G. & Desai, Amit & Jadhav, Sushrut & Gupta, Lalit & Channabasavanna, S.M. & Doongaji, D.R. & Behere, Prakash B., 1988. "Humoral concepts of mental illness in India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 27(5), pages 471-477, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:27:y:1988:i:5:p:471-477
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    1. Wilcox, Claire E. & Washburn, Rachel & Patel, Vikram, 2007. "Seeking help for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in developing countries: A study of parental explanatory models in Goa, India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 64(8), pages 1600-1610, April.
    2. R.K. Chadda & Vivek Agarwal & Megha Chandra Singh & Deepak Raheja, 2001. "Help Seeking Behaviour of Psychiatric Patients Before Seeking Care At a Mental Hospital," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 47(4), pages 71-78, December.
    3. Josefine Antoniades & Danielle Mazza & Bianca Brijnath, 2017. "Becoming a patient-illness representations of depression of Anglo-Australian and Sri Lankan patients through the lens of Leventhal’s illness representational model," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 63(7), pages 569-579, November.
    4. Manila Mathews & Poornima Bhola & Hesi Herbert & Santosh K Chaturvedi, 2019. "Explanatory models of mental illness among family caregivers of persons in psychiatric rehabilitation services: A pilot study," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 65(7-8), pages 589-602, November.

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