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Comment la psychiatrie occidentale peut-elle aider les populations immigrées? Pourquoi échoue-t-elle dès lors qu'elle sort du cadre culturel qui lui a donné naissance? Lorsqu'il s'agit de soigner des malades issus d'Afrique, du Maghreb, des Antilles, les « guérisseurs », malgré l'irrationalité de leurs pratiques, sont bien plus efficaces que les médecins armés de leur « science ». Tobie Nathan montre comment, sans sacrifier l'exigence scientifique qui doit habiter le médecin, celui-ci peut s'inspirer de démarches traditionnelles pour vraiment aider des patients venus d'une autre culture.

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Clinicians and mental health practitioners are regularly called upon to treat patients of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Not only do these patients differ from Anglos in culture and language, but also in customs, beliefs, values, and practices. Understanding these differences is vital to performing an accurate diagnosis/assessment of psychopathology as well as in determining effective treatment regimens. This book provides vital information to clinicians worldwide in bettering their treatment of diverse populations. Each chapter identifies relevant cultural variables specif

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