Mental health in the war on terror : culture, science, and statecraft /
Aggarwal, Neil Krishan,
Mental health in the war on terror : culture, science, and statecraft / Neil Krishan Aggarwal. - 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mental Health, Culture, and Power in the War on Terror -- Bioethics and the Conduct of Mental Health Professionals in the War on Terror -- The Meanings of Symptoms and Services for Guantánamo Detainees -- Depictions of Arabs and Muslims in Psychodynamic Scholarship -- Depictions of Suicide Bombers in the Mental Health Scholarship -- Knowledge and Practice in War on Terror Deradicalization Programs.
This study finds that mental-health and biomedical professionals have created new forms of knowledge and practice in their desire to understand and fight terrorism, and in the process, psychiatrists and psychologists have either worked uncritically to protect state interests or labored to protect undesirable populations from state control. Professional interpretation, like all interpretations, is subject to cultural forces. Drawing on cultural psychiatry and medical anthropology, the author analyzes the influence of the war on terror in the transformation of definitions for normal and abnormal behavior.
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500753F8-3FDD-4312-B32E-64DEDF2E3D34 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt13k0tcq JSTOR
War--Psychological aspects.
Prisoners of war--Mental health--United States.
Bioethics.
Mental Health--ethnology
Bioethical Issues
Prisoners of War--psychology
Terrorism--psychology
Veterans--psychology
Bioethics
Guerre--Aspect psychologique.
Prisonniers de guerre--Santé mentale--États-Unis.
Bioéthique.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
MEDICAL--Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL--Internal Medicine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Terrorism.
War--Psychological aspects.
United States
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Electronic books.
RC451.4.P7 / A34 2015eb
616.890086/97
WA 305 AA1
Mental health in the war on terror : culture, science, and statecraft / Neil Krishan Aggarwal. - 1 online resource (xiii, 214 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mental Health, Culture, and Power in the War on Terror -- Bioethics and the Conduct of Mental Health Professionals in the War on Terror -- The Meanings of Symptoms and Services for Guantánamo Detainees -- Depictions of Arabs and Muslims in Psychodynamic Scholarship -- Depictions of Suicide Bombers in the Mental Health Scholarship -- Knowledge and Practice in War on Terror Deradicalization Programs.
This study finds that mental-health and biomedical professionals have created new forms of knowledge and practice in their desire to understand and fight terrorism, and in the process, psychiatrists and psychologists have either worked uncritically to protect state interests or labored to protect undesirable populations from state control. Professional interpretation, like all interpretations, is subject to cultural forces. Drawing on cultural psychiatry and medical anthropology, the author analyzes the influence of the war on terror in the transformation of definitions for normal and abnormal behavior.
9780231538442 0231538448 0231166648 9780231166645
500753F8-3FDD-4312-B32E-64DEDF2E3D34 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt13k0tcq JSTOR
War--Psychological aspects.
Prisoners of war--Mental health--United States.
Bioethics.
Mental Health--ethnology
Bioethical Issues
Prisoners of War--psychology
Terrorism--psychology
Veterans--psychology
Bioethics
Guerre--Aspect psychologique.
Prisonniers de guerre--Santé mentale--États-Unis.
Bioéthique.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--General.
MEDICAL--Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL--Diseases.
MEDICAL--Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL--Internal Medicine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Terrorism.
War--Psychological aspects.
United States
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Electronic books.
RC451.4.P7 / A34 2015eb
616.890086/97
WA 305 AA1