The Aurora of Mental Health. An Contribution from the Anthropology of Psychiatric Care

Abstract

In this review we describe the characteristics of mental care in pre-industrial cultures from an anthropological perspective that allows us to open this complex theme to new perspectives and interpretations.

Keywords

• Salud mental en culturas preindustriales
• Prehistoria y locura
• Cuidados de salud mental en el paleolítico
• Modelo estructural dialéctico de los cuidados