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.

本项目支持纽约城市大学人类学专业学生的学位论文研究。该学生将通过三种不同的治疗形式调查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。该项目采用结构化和非结构化访谈的方式，对改变治疗方法的实验组患者和只使用一种治疗方法的对照组患者进行访谈，并对治疗过程进行观察，将尝试一种治疗方法的患者与尝试几种治疗方法的患者进行比较。假设是，多种治疗方法将使患者制定自己的预后，促进他们的康复。这项研究很重要，因为它将促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。从这个项目中获得的知识将有助于理解疾病经历中促进治疗的具体因素，这些知识在我们自己国家设计治疗方案时应该是有价值的。此外，该项目将提高我们在世界这一重要领域的专业知识。