Caribbean Healing Traditions : Implications for Health and Mental Health

As Caribbean communities become more international, clinicians and scholars must develop new paradigms for understanding treatment preferences and perceptions of illness. Despite evidence supporting the need for culturally appropriate care and the integration of traditional healing practices into conventional health and mental health care systems, it is unclear how such integration would function since little is known about the therapeutic interventions of Caribbean healing traditions. __Caribbean Healing Traditions:__ __Implications for Health and Mental Health__ fills this gap. Drawing on the knowledge of prominent clinicians, scholars, and researchers of the Caribbean and the diaspora, these healing traditions are explored in the context of health and mental health for the first time, making __Caribbean Healing Traditions__ an invaluable resource for students, researchers, faculty, and practitioners in the fields of nursing, counseling, psychotherapy, psychiatry, social work, youth and community development, and medicine. Caribbean Healing Traditions: Implications For Health And Mental Health Draws On The Knowledge Of Prominent Clinicians, Scholars, And Researchers Of The Caribbean And The Diaspora, Exploring Healing Traditions In The Context Of Health And Mental Health For The First Time. Caribbean Healing Traditions Is An Invaluable Resource For Students, Researchers, Faculty And Practitioners In The Fields Of Nursing, Counseling, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Social Work, Youth And Community Development, And Medicine-- History, Philosophy, And Development Of Caribbean Healing Traditions -- Caribbean Traditional Healing And Healers -- Spirituality, Religion, And Cultural Healing -- Traditional Healing And Conventional Health And Mental Health. Edited By Patsy Sutherland, Roy Moodley, And Barry Chevannes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. History, Philosophy, and Development of Caribbean Healing Traditions -- Caribbean Traditional Healing and Healers -- Spirituality, Religion, and Cultural Healing -- Traditional Healing and Conventional Health and Mental Health.;"Caribbean Healing Traditions: Implications for Health and Mental Health draws on the knowledge of prominent clinicians, scholars, and researchers of the Caribbean and the diaspora, exploring healing traditions in the context of health and mental health for the first time. Caribbean Healing Traditions is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, faculty and practitioners in the fields of nursing, counseling, psychotherapy, psychiatry, social work, youth and community development, and medicine"-- "Caribbean Healing Traditions: Implications for Health and Mental Health draws on the knowledge of prominent clinicians, scholars, and researchers of the Caribbean and the diaspora, exploring healing traditions in the context of health and mental health for the first time. Caribbean Healing Traditions is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, faculty and practitioners in the fields of nursing, counseling, psychotherapy, psychiatry, social work, youth and community development, and medicine"-- Provided by publisher