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rLung, Mind, and Mental Health: The Notion of “Wind” in Tibetan Conceptions of Mind and Mental Illness

This article presents an analysis of the way in which rlung (“wind, breath”) functions as a mode of explanation for what Western medicine regards as “psychiatric” illness, based on field research on the topic of mental health, illness, and healing conducted within a Tibetan population in Darjeeling,...

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Autor principal: Deane, Susannah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6522449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30790179
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00775-0