{"product_id":"psychoanalysis-in-an-age-of-accelerating-cultural-change-spiritual-globalization-9780415812566","title":"Psychoanalysis in an Age of Accelerating Cultural Change: Spiritual Globalization","description":"\u003cp\u003ePsychoanalysis 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 field of mental health has suffered from the mutual isolation of psychoanalysis  community-based clinical work  and cultural studies. Here  Neil Altman shows how these areas of study and practice require and enrich each other - the field of psychoanalysis benefits by engaging marginalized communities; community-based clinical work benefits from psychoanalytic concepts  while all forms of clinical work benefit from awareness of culture. Including reports of clinical experiences and programmatic developments from around the world  its international scope explores the operation of culture and cultural differences in conceptions of mental health. In addition the book addresses the origin and treatment of mental illness  from notions of spirit possession treated by shamans  to conceptions of psychic trauma  to biological understandings and pharmacological treatments. In the background of this discussion is globalization  the impact of which is tracked in terms of its psychological effects on people  as well as on the resources and programs available to provide psychological care around the world. As a unique examination of current mental health work  this book will appeal to psychoanalysts  psychotherapists  community-based mental health workers  and students in Cultural Studies. Neil Altman is a psychoanalytic psychologist  Visiting Professor at Ambedkar University of Delhi  India  and faculty and supervisor at the William Alanson White Institute. He is an Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society and Editor Emeritus of Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Author of The Analyst in the Inner City: Race  Class  and Culture through a Psychoanalytic Lens (Routledge  2nd edition  2010)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666169290805,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415812569","price":65.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415812566.jpg?v=1782421416","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/psychoanalysis-in-an-age-of-accelerating-cultural-change-spiritual-globalization-9780415812566","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}