[image error]Stress, anxiety and depression are common terms used in the West to describe ways in which we become mentally distressed. We tend to think these are universal ways of experiencing mental strain but they are not. In fact, the words cannot be directly translated into many of the world's languages because the concepts do not exist.
The latest issue of the journal Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry is a special collection of articles on 'cultural idioms of distress' and tackles ways in which people ...
Published on June 09, 2010 01:00