Nayar, Mahima

Against all odds: psychosocial distress and healing among women/ Mahima Nayar - New Delhi: SAGE, 2018. - xvi, 256 p.

Introduction: so what is abnormal? --
Culture, context and distress --
Finding a way through the labyrinth --
Deconstructing madness : possession and pains --
Women, social structure and distress --
Learning to live alone : paisa, bimari aur jinn --
Conclusion: pathways to health and healing --
Bibliography --
Index --
About the author.

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Social psychiatry
Women--Mental health
Depression, Mental--Etiology
Poor women
Urban poor
Developing countries