Mixing ti¯rttam and tablets. A healing proposal for mentally ill patients in Gunaseelam (South India)

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-137

  Saglio Yatzimirsky, Marie Caroline ^a,b   Sébastia, Brigitte ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b INALCO   (France)

^c FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

Author keywords

community healthcare; discrimination; mental healthcare; poverty; religious rituals; socialisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLERGY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; HEALING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TABLET; TIRTTAM; ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; RELIGION;

EID: 84940446701     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2014.967336     Document Type: Article

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