Ethnopsychiatry

Henri F. Ellenberger (1905-1993) was a physician and a pioneering figure in transcultural psychiatry, criminology, and the history of medicine.Delille Emmanuel :

Emmanuel Delille is an historian of science and a researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch.Kaplansky Jonathan :

Jonathan Kaplansky is a literary translator. He lives in Montreal.

"Ethnopsychiatry presents yet another dimension of Ellenberger's thought and calls for a reappraisal of his eclectic oeuvre. Moreover, with its emphasis on cultural values and local ways of life, the book provides real insight into the challenges involved when one takes up the imperative to consider cultural diversity in psychiatric practice." Ryan L. Allen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"We see Ellenberger's contribution to ethnopsychiatry as reflected in his writing and lecture notes and drafts from this period. The topics covered are varied and drawn from a vast secondary literature that was at Ellenberger's command. They include the problems of how to acquire cultural specificity when we talk about psychiatric illness, how mental health must be understood in relation to culture, and how particular cultural developments such as urbanization contribute to the formation of mental illness. This book will be welcomed by social historians, scholars of the history of medicine and of psychiatry, and practitioners of psychotherapy." Choice