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Extraordinary Conditions Culture and Experience in Mental Illness Janis H. Jenkins university of california press Extraordinary Conditions Extraordinary Conditions Culture and Experience in Mental Illness Janis H. Jenkins university of california press University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2015 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jenkins, Janis H., author. Extraordinary conditions : culture and experience in mental illness / Janis H. Jenkins. — First edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-28709-9 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-520-28711-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-520-96222-4 (ebook) 1. Mental illness—Cross-cultural studies. 2. Mental illness—Social aspects. 3. Medical anthropology. 4. Ethnopsychology. I. Title. rc455.4.e8j46 2015 362.196890089—dc23 2015020400 Manufactured in the United States of America 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In keeping with a commitment to support environmentally responsible and sustainable printing practices, UC Press has printed this book on Natures Natural, a fi ber that contains 30% post-consumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). To TC Contents List of Figures and Tables ix Prelude and Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Culture, Mental Illness, and the Extraordinary 1 part one. psychosis, psychopharmacology, and families 1. Cultural Chemistry in the Clozapine Clinic 23 2. This Is How God Wants It? The Struggle of Sebastián 71 3. Expressed Emotion and Conceptions of Mental Illness: Social Ecology of Families Living with Schizophrenia 96 part two. violence, trauma, and depression 4. The Impress of Extremity among Salvadoran Refugees 141 5. Blood and Magic: No Hay que Creer ni Dejar de Creer 180 6. Trauma and Trouble in the Land of Enchantment 214 Conclusion: Fruits of the Extraordinary 249 Notes 265 Works Cited 281 Index 327 Figures and Tables figures 1. Experiential mélange of person-illness-meds / 61 2. Relationship among factors perceived as critical to improvement / 62 3. Mural of the Virgin and family, New Mexico / 218 tables 1. Fundamental aspects of mental illness that are culturally shaped / 14 2. Sociodemographic characteristics of research participants / 35 3. Clinical characteristics of research participants / 36 4. Paradoxes of lived experience for persons taking atypical anti- psychotics / 65 5. Conceptions of the problem by Mexican American and Euro- American relatives / 130 6. Gender and diagnosis among hospitalized adolescents in New Mexico / 223 7. Violence-related problems among hospitalized adolescents in New Mexico / 224 ix
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