University of California San Diego.
University of Oregon.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2019 Aug;56(4):589-598. doi: 10.1177/1363461519862708.
This issue of showcases some recent work on idioms of distress – the latest in a long line of anthropological research concerned with cross-cultural concepts and experiences of distress. Mark Nichter’s (1981) seminal paper introducing idioms of distress has become a cynosure for psychological anthropology and transcultural psychiatry. A growing body of work has since accumulated; however, the last time a collection of such research was brought together was the 2010 publication of a special issue in the journal organized by Devon Hinton and Roberto Lewis-Fernández. In the decade since, new questions have arisen about the boundaries and applications of idioms of distress research. In this introduction, we provide a brief history of work on idioms of distress and related concepts. Then, we introduce several major themes explored by the papers in this special issue.
本期特刊展示了一些关于痛苦习语的最新研究成果——这是长期以来关注跨文化痛苦概念和体验的人类学研究的最新成果。马克·尼希特（Mark Nichter）（1981 年）发表的开创性论文介绍了痛苦习语，这篇论文成为了心理人类学和跨文化精神病学的焦点。此后，积累了越来越多的研究成果；然而，上一次将此类研究汇集在一起是在 2010 年，Devon Hinton 和 Roberto Lewis-Fernández 在期刊《文化与医学》（Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry）上组织了一个特刊。自那以后的十年中，关于痛苦习语研究的边界和应用出现了新的问题。在这篇引言中，我们简要介绍了痛苦习语及相关概念的研究工作。然后，我们介绍了本期特刊中几篇论文探讨的几个主要主题。
