Crazy like us : the globalization of the American psyche / Ethan Watters.
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TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2010.Description: vii, 306 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781416587088 :
- 141658708X
- 9781416587194 (ebk.)
- 1416587195 (ebk.)
- Mental illness -- Cross-cultural studies
- Psychology, Pathological -- Cross-cultural studies
- Mental illness -- United States
- Globalization -- Psychological aspects
- Psychiatric epidemiology
- La enfermedad mental -- Los estudios transculturales
- Psicología Patológicos -- Los estudios transculturales
- La enfermedad mental -- Estados Unidos
- Globalización -- Aspectos Psicológicos
- Epidemiología Psiquiátrica
- 616.89
- RC 455.4 W347c 2010
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| RC 455 R278 1979 Razón, locura y sociedad / | RC 455.4 D489 2005 Development of psychopathology : a vulnerability-stress perspective / | RC 455.4 M676s 2003 Social causes of psychological distress / | RC 455.4 W347c 2010 Crazy like us : the globalization of the American psyche / | RC 460 F855k 2009 Know your mind : a complete A-Z guide to emotional and mental wellbeing / | RC 460 Y43q 1958 Qué es la locura? / | RC 464 F911t 2002 The thief of happiness : the story of an extraordinary psychotherapy / |
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-291) and index.
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