Main description:

This volume provides multifaceted and multidisciplinary insights into the growing field of health studies. Providing inputs from the behavioural sciences as well as social sciences, it discusses the issues of recovery from illness, and growth and wellbeing, as situated in social and eco-cultural contexts, and addresses the modalities of health-related interventions in diverse contexts. The specific themes taken up by the contributors are post-trauma growth, resilience, gender and health, distress and wellness, indigenous healing, counselling and psychotherapy, disability-related interventions, self-healing, as well as health issues of special groups like adolescents and the elderly, cancer patients and those suffering from other chronic illnesses.
Till recently, the medical model has prevailed as the chief form of understanding health and illness. This has led to marginalization of the context, localization of all health and wellness components within the individual, and to biological reductionism. The contributions to this volume propose corrective measures and provide diverse approaches in a balanced manner. This volume is useful for researchers and practitioners interested in health studies, including the behavioural sciences, social work, medical anthropology, and public health.

Contents:

1. Introduction Girishwar Misra.- PART I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS.- 2. Role of Psychosocial Factors in the Management of Health Problems M. Mehta. and S. Kapoor.- 3. Determinants of Health and Well-being: An Empirical Analysis Anubhuti Dubey.- 4. Psychology of Resilience Amrita Deb.- 5. Understanding Resilience: Global Trends and Indian Research Seema Mehrotra, Annalakshmi Narayanan and Ravikesh Tripathi.- 6. Some Perspectives on Posttraumatic Growth Braj Bhushan.- 7. Indigenous Healing Practices in India Shamanism, Spirit Possession and Healing Shrines Shubha Rangnathan.- PART II INTERVANTIONS ACROSS LIFE SPAN.- 8. Childcare in the Indigenous Health Systems in India: Developmental and Health Psychological Perspectives Malavika Kapur.- 9. Lifestyle Intervention at School: A Review of Effectiveness, Barriers, Facilitators, and Strategies Arun Pratap Singh.- 10. Neuro feedback as an Effective Intervention for Academic Performance in Children with Problems in Attention and Concentration Meena Hariharan, G. Padmaja, Suvashisa Rana.- 11. Interventions for Enhancing Health and Well-being Among Indian Elderly Nisha Mani Pandey, Indiwar Misra and S.C. Tiwari.- 12. Alternative Interventions for Fortifying Health of the Indian Elderly Shyodan Singh and Indiwar Misra.- 13. Yog as an Intervention for Promoting Subjective Well-being Bal Krishna Upadhyay.- 14. Religio-Spiritual Interventions for Health and Well-being Sagar Sharma and Girishwar Misra.- 15. Behavioral Intervention program for Promoting Health Care Practices in the Community Nisha Mani Pandey and S.C. Tiwari.- PART III CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERVENTION.- 16. Illness, Health and Culture: Anthropological Perspectives on Ethno-medicine in India P. C. Joshi and Nilisha Vashist.- 17. Cultural Foundations of Counselling and Psychotherapy Tissy Mariam Thomas, Baiju Gopal and T. Sasidharan.- 18. Cognitive Foundations of Community Mental Health Care: The Role of Local Institutions and Practices Raghubir Singh Pirta.- PART IV SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES.- 19. Social-Psychological Interventions to Change Disability Attitudes Ajit K Dalal.- 20. The Rude, Rough, Friendless Rehab Road: Chasing Mental Health Prateeksha Sharma.- 21. Gender and Mental Health: Masculinity, Femininity, Modernity and Daily Hassles in Relation to Subjective Well-being Jayanti Basu, Matangini Samanta, Sipra Basu and Mahua Bhattacharya.- 22. Delivering Quality Healthcare in India: Issues and Challenges Manisha Agarwal.- 23. Well-being and Mental Health in the aftermath of Disasters: A Social Constructionist Approach Kumar Ravi Priya.