Disturbing Spirits: Mental Illness, Trauma, and Treatment in Modern Syria and Lebanon
Awards:   Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2022
Author:   Beverly A. Tsacoyianis
Publisher:   University of Notre Dame Press
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9780268200725


Pages:   370
Publication Date:   15 June 2021
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2022

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Author:   Beverly A. Tsacoyianis
Publisher:   University of Notre Dame Press
Imprint:   University of Notre Dame Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9780268200725


ISBN 10:   0268200726
Pages:   370
Publication Date:   15 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Vernacular Healing in Greater Syria 2. The Origins of Greater Syrian Medical Institutions 3. Medical Missionaries and the Lebanon Mental Hospital, 1899–1983 4. Secular Healing and Ibn Sina Mental Hospital, 1922–2018 5. Literature, Civil War, and (Ef)facing Syrian and Lebanese History Conclusion

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Tackling the history of mental illness in terms of the 'institutional dualism' of psychiatry and vernacular healing makes Disturbing Spirits refreshing and dynamic. -Kristina L. Richardson, author of Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World


Disturbing Spirits is a groundbreaking study written with remarkable clarity and empathy. Spanning over one hundred years of history and weaving together different disciplines, approaches, and a wealth of untapped primary sources, it tells the compelling story of the failure of the medical elites in Syria and Lebanon to impose modern psychiatry and erase local beliefs about the power of spirits to both cause and treat mental illnesses. -Sara Scalenghe, author of Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500-1800 Tackling the history of mental illness in terms of the 'institutional dualism' of psychiatry and vernacular healing makes Disturbing Spirits refreshing and dynamic. -Kristina L. Richardson, author of Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World


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Beverly A. Tsacoyianis is an associate professor of history at the University of Memphis.

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