Between Sakit and Schizophrenia in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6086476
AutoresYenny Narny (0000-0002-3043-4665), Yudhi Andoni (0000-0002-4096-9399), Herwandi (0000-0002-9393-9740), Herwandi Herwandi, Annie Pohlman (0000-0002-9637-7683)
Ano2020
Volume34
Fascículo3
Páginas491-520
Data de publicação2020-01-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0217-9520 • E-ISSN: 1793-2858
EditoraISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1355/sj34-3a
OpenAlexW2990020007
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas15

This article explores one woman’s life history of mental illness in West Sumatra, Indonesia, and the shifting explanatory narratives used over time by herself and her family to understand and manage this illness. For most of her adult life, Amak Dahniar has heard voices, which had been understood as an illness caused by harmful spiritual influences; later in life she received a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Amak Dahniar’s life story highlights the tensions between local understandings and methods of care and transnational psychiatric framings of mental illness

Geography · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Asian Studies and History · History · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access