: experiencing Ayurvedic, biomedical and religious healing Halliburton, Murphy. creator Murphy Halliburton text Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press , 2009 monographic eng

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231 pages :22cm. Mud Packs and Prozac is a fascinating comparative analysis of how patients choose and how they experience the therapies of Western biomedical, Ayurvedic, and religious healing systems. Foregrounding questions of embodiment and aesthetics, Murphy Halliburton challenges our understandings of mental illness and of the transformative processes typically evaluated as "cure." Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Three Therapies of South India; 3. Lives and Problems; 4. Experiencing the World from Body to Atman; 5. Cooling Mudpacks: The Aesthetic Quality of Therapy; 6. Conclusion: Pleasure, Health and Speed; Appendix A: Semi-Structured Interview Questions; References; Index; About the Author / Murphy Halliburton Healing Social aspects Cultural psychiatry Mental Disorders therapy Religion and Medicine Traditional medicine 954.83 HAI 9781598743999 : Zafaa Book & Distributors : 313/56F,49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi 230420 20230420103629.0