OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CULTURAL NEUROSCIENCE AND GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH

Preface
Introduction
• Part I: Cultural neuroscience and global mental health
Chapter 1 Culture and global mental health
Chapter 2 Cross-national epidemiology of mental health disorders
Chapter 3 Cultural evolutionary neuroscience
Chapter 4 Culture and psychology
Chapter 5 Culture and neurophilosophy
Chapter 6 Cultural neuroscience
Chapter 7 Psychophysiological approaches in cultural neuroscience and global mental health
Chapter 8 Culture and genomics
Chapter 9 Sociocultural developmental neuroscience
Chapter 10 Culture and global aging
• Part II: Etiology of mental health disorders
Chapter 11 Culture and emotion
Chapter 12 How awe works in humanitarian setting in East Asia: Cultural differences in describing the experience of awe
Chapter 13 Culture and perception
Chapter 14 Culture and numerical cognition
Chapter 15 Influence of aging on memory across cultures
Chapter 16 Culture and autobiographical memory
Chapter 17 Culture and self-construal
Chapter 18 Culture and social perception
Chapter 19 The neuroscience of cultural imitative learning and connections to global mental health
Chapter 20 Culture and dehumanization: A case study of the doctor-patient paradigm and implications for global health
• Part III: Prevention and early interventions in global mental health
Chapter 21 Cultural changes in neural structure and function
Chapter 22 Acculturation by Plasticity and Stability in Neural Processes: Considerations for Global Mental Health Challenges
Chapter 23 Culture and technology
Chapter 24 Culture and environment
Chapter 25 Globalization: Human Development in a New Cultural Context
• Part IV: Treatment and access to care for global mental health
Chapter 26 Cultural difference in suicide: a cross-national study
Chapter 27 Cross-cultural mental health promotion and prevention for global mental health
• Part V: Awareness of global burden of mental health disorders
Chapter 28 Population disparities in mental health
Chapter 29 Stigma and health disparities
Chapter 30 A Cultural Neuroscience Perspective on Socioeconomic Disparities in Global Mental Health
Conclusion
End Matter

Cultural neuroscience and global mental health is an interdisciplinary field of study that integrates theoretical, methodological, and empirical approaches in cultural neuroscience to address the major challenges in global mental health. The field is concerned with identifying the root causes, risks, and preventative factors in global mental health, with a view to improving and achieving health equity for all people across the world.

The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Neuroscience and Global Mental Health is the first ever comprehensive overview of this field. It explores how culture can influence the neurobiological mechanisms underlying mental health. The book is divided into 5 parts:

Part I introduces theoretical foundations in cultural neuroscience and global mental health. The second part provides reviews investigating the etiology of mental health disorders across cultures. Part 3 discusses the societal and environmental influences that affect prevention and early intervention in global mental health. This is followed by a section examining strategies for the improvement of treatment and expansion of access to care in global mental health. The book ends with a review of the cultural and socioeconomic factors that affect the prevalence of mental disorders across ethnic groups.

The book will be an essential educational resource for both training and practising mental health professionals, in addition to those in the fields of cultural neuroscience and public health.

Features
• The first comprehensive book to explore how culture can influence the neurobiological bases of mental illness
• Integrates theory in cultural neuroscience with principles of global mental health
• A primary resource for mental health advocacy professionals to address issues of health equity and health diplomacy