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Crazy Like Us

The Globalization of the American Psyche
Book • 2009
In 'Crazy Like Us', Ethan Watters critiques the globalization of Western mental health concepts, arguing that these ideas often displace indigenous understandings of mental illness.

Through case studies in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Zanzibar, and Japan, Watters highlights the cultural homogenization of mental health and its consequences.

The book challenges readers to reconsider their assumptions about mental illness and its cultural context.

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Mentioned as a shoutout to Ethan Waters, the author of several books.
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Charles Fain Lehman
when discussing the cultural contingency of expressions of mental illness.
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