Cultural Psychology of Health in India: Well-Being, Medicine and Traditional Health Care

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This book offers a holistic concept of health, encompassing the four major domains such as prevention, treatment, promotion of good health and rehabilitation. It looks at the fast-growing field of research on health and well-being from a cultural psychological perspective, focusing mainly on indigenous Indian practices. It examines health care systems that have evolved in different cultural set-ups, building on prevailing values, traditions and ethos of particular societies.

Straddling both theoretical and practical issues regarding illness recovery, maintenance of good health and enhancing the quality of well-being, it also looks at psychosocial barriers in rehabilitation. The study brings together two diverse streams of health care-modern medicine and traditional Indian systems, including Ayurveda, yoga and folk healing-for their complementary roles in providing holistic and affordable health care services in India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ajit K. Dalal

Ajit K. Dalal is Professor of Psychology at the University of Allahabad. He has obtained D.Phil. degree from IIT, Kanpur. He was Fulbright Senior Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, UGC Career Awardee and ICSSR Senior Research Fellow. He was also a visiting faculty at the Queen's University, Canada, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has published about 60 research articles and book chapters, in addition to six books.