Watters, Ethan. <br/><br/>
Crazy like us :  the globalization of the American psyche / 
Ethan Watters. 
 - New York :  Free Press,  2010. 
 - vii, 306 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-291) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416587095 (pbk.) 1416587098 (pbk.) 9781416587088 141658708X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental illness --Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Psychology, Pathological --Cross-cultural studies.<br/>Mental illness --United States.<br/>Globalization--Psychological aspects.<br/>Psychiatric epidemiology.
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WM140  / .W388 2010