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ethnopsychiatry

ethnopsychiatry noun: the study of cultures' understandings of mental illness and non-Western approaches to treating mental health issues.

Noun

ethnopsychiatry (uncountable)

  1. The study of cultures' understandings of mental illness and non-Western approaches to treating mental health issues

Origin of ethnopsychiatry

From ethno- + psychiatry.

Questions about ethnopsychiatry

What does ethnopsychiatry mean?
Ethnopsychiatry means the study of cultures' understandings of mental illness and non-Western approaches to treating mental health issues.
What part of speech is ethnopsychiatry?
Ethnopsychiatry is a noun.

Words near ethnopsychiatry in the dictionary

  1. ethnoprimatologists
  2. ethnoprimatology
  3. ethnopsychiatric
  4. ethnopsychiatrist
  5. ethnopsychiatrists
  6. ethnopsychiatry
  7. ethnopsychic
  8. ethnopsychoanalysis
  9. ethnopsychological
  10. ethnopsychologist
  11. ethnopsychologists

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