2-0505 DEFINING DISCOURSE, SHAPING SELVES: INSTITUTIONAL ETHOS AND GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 16:00-17:45

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Students, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Whitney L Duncan (University of California-San Diego) and Charlotte Emma van den Hout (University of California-San Diego)

Chairs: Bridget M Haas (University of California-San Diego)

Discussants: Janis H Jenkins (University of California-San Diego)

16:00

Managing Emotions: Mental Health Practice & Cultural Change In Oaxaca

Whitney L Duncan (University of California-San Diego)

16:15

Psychotherapy Meets Humanitarian Aid: Psychosocial Interventions In Israeli Conflict Zones

Ilil Naveh-Benjamin (Cornell University)

16:30

Assessing Fear, Defining Subjects: Political Asylum and the Institutional Construction of Personhood

Bridget M Haas (University of California-San Diego)

16:45

Constructing Medical Authority: How Psychiatric Residents In Morocco Transition From Etudiant Into Expèrt

Charlotte Emma van den Hout (University of California-San Diego)

17:00

What Counts As Vulnerability: Evidence and Experience In the Refugee Resettlement Process

Nadia El-Shaarawi (Case Western Reserve University)

17:15

Meth and Moral Communities In San Diego

Theodore K Gideonse (University of California-San Diego)

17:30

Discussant

Janis H Jenkins (University of California-San Diego)

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