Societal Effects on Schizophrenia or Sampling Problems?

Boston Globe: Surprising new research on schizophrenia suggests, however, that people with mental illness may have stronger, stranger ties to their societies than we commonly assume. In a new article in the British Journal of Psychiatry, Stanford anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann explains that for schizophrenics experiencing auditory hallucinations, the cultures they live in shape the voices they hear in their minds. Most psychiatric research is conducted by scientists. Luhrmann argues, though, that the same psychiatric condition can express itself differently in...

Source: Dr. X's Free Associations - July 26, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: DrX Tags: Front Page neuropsychology neuroscience & Psychoanalysis Source Type: blogs