01403cam a2200313 a 4500 ocn310397910 OCoLC ta 210222s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng 9781416587095 (pbk.) 1416587098 (pbk.) 9781416587088 141658708X (OCoLC)310397910 WM140 .W388 2010 Watters, Ethan. Crazy like us : the globalization of the American psyche / Ethan Watters. New York : Free Press, 2010. vii, 306 p. 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. Mental illness Cross-cultural studies. Psychology, Pathological Cross-cultural studies. Mental illness United States. Globalization Psychological aspects. Psychiatric epidemiology. nlm BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 WM140 .W388 2010 PNLIB21061199 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 1385 1385