1. Psyche, soma, and society: the social construction of psychosomatic disorders

   • Cecil G. Helman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 26

2. Symptomatic differences between the sexes in rural Mexico

   • Kaja Finkler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 57

3. Issues for cross-cultural psychiatric research in South Africa

   • Leslie Swartz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 74

4. The shadow of life: Psychosocial explanations for placenta rituals

   • J. R. Davidson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 92

5. Culture, Health and Illness

   Review Pages: 93 - 96

6. Disease and death in the middle ages

   • Caroline Walker Bynum

   Review article Pages: 97 - 102

7. Medical and sacred realities: Between comparative religion and transcultural psychiatry

   • Thomas J. Csordas

   Review article Pages: 103 - 116

8. New books received

   Legacy Pages: 117 - 118

9. Announcements

   Announcement Pages: 119 - 120