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Old Black Cloud: A cultural history of mental depression in Aotearoa New Zealand
A social history exploring mental depression in Aotearoa New Zealand through a cultural and historical lens.
Mental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand. This social history analyzes its medical, cultural, and social contexts through a historical lens. Using historic patient records as a starting place, and informed by personal experience, this book interrogates how depression was medicalized and treated, and how New Zealanders have lived with it.
From detailing its links to melancholia and explaining its expression within Indigenous and migrant communities, Old Black Cloud offers a nuanced understanding of mental health in Aotearoa.
The historical context of depression in New ZealandCultural variations in experiencing and expressing depressionThe treatment of mental illness in New ZealandExperiences of different ethnic groups with depressionSocial and economic factors contributing to depressionPerfect for academics, students, and general readers interested in social history, mental health, and New Zealand history. Explore the hidden history of mental health in Aotearoa.
Mental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand. This social history analyzes its medical, cultural, and social contexts through a historical lens. Using historic patient records as a starting place, and informed by personal experience, this book interrogates how depression was medicalized and treated, and how New Zealanders have lived with it.
From detailing its links to melancholia and explaining its expression within Indigenous and migrant communities, Old Black Cloud offers a nuanced understanding of mental health in Aotearoa.
The historical context of depression in New ZealandCultural variations in experiencing and expressing depressionThe treatment of mental illness in New ZealandExperiences of different ethnic groups with depressionSocial and economic factors contributing to depressionPerfect for academics, students, and general readers interested in social history, mental health, and New Zealand history. Explore the hidden history of mental health in Aotearoa.
431 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 13, 2024
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November 1, 2024
Scourge of papers past history…
I would have liked some more analysis or some sort of narrative thrust or argument. It’s kind of just “check out what this ye olde farmer went to hospital for”.
The last chapter on treatments was interesting however.
I would have liked some more analysis or some sort of narrative thrust or argument. It’s kind of just “check out what this ye olde farmer went to hospital for”.
The last chapter on treatments was interesting however.
Displaying 1 of 1 review