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Crazy like us : the globalization of the American psyche / Ethan Watters.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2010.Description: vii, 306 pISBN:
  • 9781416587095 (pbk.)
  • 1416587098 (pbk.)
  • 9781416587088
  • 141658708X
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM140
Contents:
The rise of anorexia in Hong Kong -- The wave that brought PTSD to Sri Lanka -- The shifting mask of schizophrenia in Zanzibar -- The mega-marketing of depression in Japan -- Conclusion : the global economic crisis and the future of mental illness.
Summary: Journalist Watters explores the American exportation of how the world goes mad, arguing that as we introduce Americanized ways of treating mental illnesses, we are in fact spreading the diseases.
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Books Books Punsarn Library General Stacks WM140 .W388 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PNLIB21061199
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-291) and index.

The rise of anorexia in Hong Kong -- The wave that brought PTSD to Sri Lanka -- The shifting mask of schizophrenia in Zanzibar -- The mega-marketing of depression in Japan -- Conclusion : the global economic crisis and the future of mental illness.

Journalist Watters explores the American exportation of how the world goes mad, arguing that as we introduce Americanized ways of treating mental illnesses, we are in fact spreading the diseases.

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