The Influence of Burmese Buddhist Understandings of Suffering on the Subjective Experience and Social Perceptions of Schizophrenia
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: V. The Disconnect between Patient Respondent's Experiences and Non-Patient Respondent's Perceptions of Suffering and SchizophreniaA. Burmese Buddhist Perceptions of Suffering and Schizophrenia iv Page B. Experiences of Suffering among Burmese Buddhists with Schizophrenia C. Burmese Buddhist Means of Managing Suffering D. Suffering, Feeling, and Affect among Burmese Buddhists 1. Burmese Buddhist Cultural Norms for Expressing Suffering 2. Respondent's Expressions of Suffering 3. The Problems of Expressing Suffering for People with Schizophrenia B. Summary VI.The Role of Suffering in Burmese Buddhist Identity and its Impact on the Experience and Perception of Schizophrenia A. Features of Human Identity among Burmese Buddhists B. The Impact of Dehumanization on the Experience of Schizophrenia 1. Buddhism, Stigma, and Social Interactions with the Mentally Ill 204 2. Dehumanization and the Ambivalent Role of Buddhism in the Treatment of Schizophrenia C. Summary VII. Conclusions 222 A. Summary of the Dissertation 222 B. The Role of Subjective Experience 229 C. The Meaning and Function of Feeling and Affect 232 D. Human Identity and the Authenticity of Suffering 234 E. Concluding Reflections 237 References 1F31MH67479) and a Phi Beta Kappa Grant for Student Research granted through the Case Western Reserve University chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.I would like to thank the Myanmar Ministry of Health for granting me permission to conduct research at the Yangon Mental Health Hospital, several psychiatric outpatient departments, and the medical school library.I would also like to thank the staff of these institutions for their generous assistance.I would also like to acknowledge the many psychiatrists, particularly my supervisors, with whom I worked.Their support and guidance helped make this fieldwork possible.In addition, I owe special thanks to my interpreter whose companionship, dedication, and unsurpassable skills greatly enriched many aspects of this fieldwork.My field assistants also deserve recognition for their valuable contributions.In particular, I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the many patients, family members, and healers who bravely shared their stories with me.This dissertation is dedicated to them.I would especially like to thank my dissertation committee, Profs.Melvyn Goldstein, Atwood Gaines, Charlotte Ikels, and James Overholser for their support when I most needed it.In particular, my advisor, Professor Goldstein, has been scientific mentor, sage, and friend-I cannot thank him enough for all
Author: Sarah Elizabeth Adler
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2283984511