Cultural Bereavement and The Violence in Our Heads

Discuss social risk factors for illness or cultural differences in our understanding and treatment of schizophrenia.

Read “The Violence in Our Heads” by T. M. Luhrmann and “Missing the Home You Needed to Leave” by Alisha Haridasani Gupta. Response to anything in the above article and relate this material to Luhrmann’s introduction of “Our Most Troubling Madness”. In what ways does it connect to her discussion of social risk factors for illness or cultural differences in our understanding and treatment of what schizophrenia is, for example?