Home Institution
Kenyon College
Publication Date
Spring 2016
Abstract
Este ensayo explora el concepto de salud mental en Bolivia y discute cómo las creencias ancestrales y el catolicismo determinan el entendimiento boliviano sobre la salud. También se toma en cuenta el rol de la salud mental en la migración interna y la tensión entre el estilo de vida rural y urbano. En base a mis experiencias en un centro de terapia alternativa y un hospital psiquiátrico católico, voy a comunicar algunas maneras en que se recibe e implementa la psicología occidental en la sociedad boliviana.
This paper explores mental health in Bolivia and discusses how both ancestral beliefs and Catholicism shape a national view of health. The role of mental health in internal migration and tension between urban and rural lifestyles will also be taken into account. I draw from experiences in an alternative therapy center and a Catholic psychiatric hospital to communicate some ways that Western psychology is implemented and received in Bolivian society.
Disciplines
Community-Based Learning | Family, Life Course, and Society | Latin American Studies | Medicine and Health | Mental and Social Health | Other Mental and Social Health | Regional Sociology | Rural Sociology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology of Religion
Recommended Citation
Legan, Olivia, "Los médicos no creen en la brujería: El choque entre la psicologia occidental, el catolicismo y las creencias ancestrales en la salud mental boliviana" (2016). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2410.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2410
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Community-Based Learning Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Latin American Studies Commons, Medicine and Health Commons, Other Mental and Social Health Commons, Regional Sociology Commons, Rural Sociology Commons, Sociology of Religion Commons
Program Name
Bolivia: Multiculturalism, Globalization, and Social Change