Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters

This is an interesting look at culture and mental illness; how a culture reflects and shapes a mental illness experience. It looks into how one culture can dominate, define and shape an illness in another cultural society. Whether it's anorexia in Hong Kong, PTSD in Sri Lanka, schizophrenia in Zanzibar or depression in Japan, this book will make you think about the world we live in.

"...I have tried to avoid making the cliched argument that other, more traditional cultures necessarily have it right when it comes to treating mental illness. All cultures struggle with these intractable diseases with varying degrees of compassion and cruelty, equanimity and fear. My point is not that they necessarily have it right-only that they have it different." Ethan Watters

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