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020 _a9781598743999
028 _a: Zafaa Book & Distributors
_b: 313/56F,49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi
_c: ZBD0021
_d: 17/04/2023
082 _a954.83 HAI
100 _a Halliburton, Murphy.
245 _a Mudpacks and Prozac
_b: experiencing Ayurvedic, biomedical and religious healing.
_c/ Murphy Halliburton
260 _a, Walnut Creek, CA
_b: Left Coast Press
_c, 2009.
300 _a231 pages
_c:22cm.
365 _b3854
505 _aAcknowledgements; 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
520 _aMud 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."
650 _aHealing Social aspects
650 _aCultural psychiatry
650 _aMental Disorders therapy
650 _aReligion and Medicine
650 _aTraditional medicine
700 _aMurphy Halliburton
942 _cBOOK
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