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“Now he walks and walks, as if he didn’t have a home where he could eat”: Food, Healing, and Hunger in Quechua Narratives of Madness by Orr, David M. R.

“…In the Quechua-speaking peasant communities of southern Peru, mental disorder is understood less as individualized pathology and more as a disturbance in…”
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Ethnographic perspectives on global mental health by Jain, Sumeet, Orr, David M. R.

“…The field of Global Mental Health (GMH) aims to influence mental health policy and practice worldwide, with a focus on human rights and access to care. There…”
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Meaning in hoarding: perspectives of people who hoard on clutter, culture and agency by Orr, David M. R., Preston-Shoot, Michael, Braye, Suzy

“…Hoarding has become increasingly prominent in clinical practice and popular culture in recent years, giving rise to extensive research and commentary. Critical…”
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Life after armed group involvement in Nepal: A clinical ethnography of psychological well-being of former “child soldiers” over time by Medeiros, Emilie, Shrestha, Prabin Nanicha, Gaire, Himal, Orr, David M. R.

“…Little is known about the longitudinal effects of early age involvement of young people in armed groups and their well-being as they return to strongly…”
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Dementia and detectives: Alzheimer’s disease in crime fiction by Orr, David MR

“…Fictional representations of dementia have burgeoned in recent years, and scholars have amply explored their double-edged capacity to promote tragic…”
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Carers' responses to shifting identity in dementia in Iris and Away From Her: cultivating stability or embracing change? by Orr, David M R, Teo, Yugin

“…An emphasis on supporting and maintaining self-identity in people who have dementia for as long as possible has gone hand in hand with the revitalisation of…”
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Patterns of Persistence amidst Medical Pluralism: Pathways toward Cure in the Southern Peruvian Andes by Orr, David M. R.

“…When mental illness and related conditions strike among the Quechua-speaking peasant population of southern Peru, they open wide the question of who is best…”
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Regulating Mobility in the Peruvian Andes: Road Safety, Social Hierarchies and Governmentality in Cusco's Rural Provinces by Orr, David M.R.

“…Significant developments in road safety regulation have taken place in Peru during recent years, reflecting international efforts to reduce worldwide…”
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Global mental health: anthropological perspectives, edited by Brandon A. Kohrt and Emily Mendenhall by Orr, David M R

“…Anthropology & Medicine Global mental health: anthropological perspectives, edited by Brandon A. Kohrt and Emily Mendenhall…”
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The pursuit of certainty in diagnosing dementia: cognitive testing, childishness and stress in two British memory clinics by Orr, David M.R.

“…By often taking as its focus the experience of illness in itself, medical anthropology has sometimes neglected the meanings that patients may assign to the…”
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Rapid Ethnographic Assessments: A Practical Approach and Toolkit for Collaborative Community Research by Orr, David M.R

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Motor Vehicles, The Environment, and the Human Condition: Driving to Extinction by Orr, David M.R

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Framing a Lost City: Science, Photography, and the Making of Machu Picchu by Orr, David M.R

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Mental disorder: anthropological insights, edited by Nichola Khan by Orr, David M R

“…Mental disorder: anthropological insights, edited by Nichola Khan, 2016…”
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Re-visioning psychiatry: cultural phenomenology, critical neuroscience, and global mental health, edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson and Constance A. Cummings by Orr, David M R

“…Re-visioning psychiatry: cultural phenomenology, critical neuroscience, and global mental health, edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson and Constance…”
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Safeguarding Adults and the Law: An A-Z of Law and Practice, 3rd edn, Michael Mandelstam by Orr, David M R

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Self-Neglect: A Practical Approach to Risks and Strengths Assessment, S. Britten and K. Whitby by Orr, David M R

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Book Reviews by Nyman, Fredrik, Zavoretti, Roberta, Rabben, Linda, Orr, David M. R.

“…Breast Cancer Meanings: Journeys across Asia. Cynthia Chou and Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen (eds), Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2018, ISBN: 978- 87-7694-242-7, 304…”
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Book Reviews by Nyman, Fredrik, Zavoretti, Roberta, Rabben, Linda, Orr, David M R

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A companion to medical anthropology by Orr, David M.R.

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