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001 ocn310397910
003 OCoLC
007 ta
008 210222s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
020 _a9781416587095 (pbk.)
020 _a1416587098 (pbk.)
020 _a9781416587088
020 _a141658708X
035 _a(OCoLC)310397910
060 _aWM140
_b.W388 2010
100 1 _aWatters, Ethan.
245 1 0 _aCrazy like us :
_bthe globalization of the American psyche /
_cEthan Watters.
260 _aNew York :
_bFree Press,
_c2010.
300 _avii, 306 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-291) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _aJournalist 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.
650 4 _aMental illness
_xCross-cultural studies.
650 4 _aPsychology, Pathological
_xCross-cultural studies.
650 4 _aMental illness
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aGlobalization
_xPsychological aspects.
650 4 _aPsychiatric epidemiology.
942 _2nlm
_cBK
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