Dissertation Research: Pluralism in South Indian Medical Treatments

论文研究：南印度医疗的多元化

• 批准号: 9616067
• 负责人: Vincent Crapanzano
• 金额: $ 0.34万
• 依托单位: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-02-15 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9616067&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Pluralism; South; Indian

This project supports the dissertation research of an anthropology student from the City University of New York. The student will investigate the treatment of mental illness in south India by three different forms of therapy: Hindu temple healing, ayurvedic medicine, and biomedical psychiatry. Using structured as well as unstructured interviews with an experimental group of patients who change treatment and a control grou pof patients who use only one treatment, as well as observation of healing sessions, the project will compare the experience of patients who try one form of therapy to treat their illness to the experience of patients who try several forms. The hypothesis is that the multiple therapy approach will empower patients to develop their own prognosis which facilitates their recovery. This research is important because it will advance our understanding of how cultural and social factors shape the illness experience. Recent research has demonstrated that the recovery rate for schizophrenia in developing counties is better than the rate in the developed world. The knowledge to be gained from this project will help towards understanding the specific factors in the illness experience which facilitate healing, and this knowledge should be valuable in designing healing programs in our own country. In addition the project will advance our expertise about this important area of the world.

该项目支持纽约城市大学人类学学生的论文研究。 学生将通过三种不同形式的治疗研究印度南部的精神疾病治疗：印度教寺庙治疗、阿育吠陀医学和生物医学精神病学。 通过对改变治疗的实验组患者和仅使用一种治疗的对照组患者进行结构化和非结构化访谈，以及对治疗过程的观察，该项目将比较尝试一种治疗形式的患者的体验为了治疗自己的疾病，患者们尝试了几种形式的经验。 假设多种治疗方法将使患者能够制定自己的预后，从而促进他们的康复。 这项研究很重要，因为它将增进我们对文化和社会因素如何影响疾病经历的理解。 最近的研究表明，发展中国家精神分裂症的康复率高于发达国家。 从该项目中获得的知识将有助于理解疾病经历中促进康复的具体因素，并且这些知识对于设计我们自己国家的治疗方案应该很有价值。 此外，该项目还将提升我们在世界这一重要领域的专业知识。