Friday, November 20, 2009

Culture and mental illness

"Psychological disorders, or at least our labels for them, differ across cultures. But are these and other non-Western conditions truly distinct from those in the U.S. and Europe?"
Scientific American
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  1. MollyNovember 20, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    My dad studies this.

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  2. thankgodimatheistNovember 20, 2009 at 6:31 PM

    One mental illness specific  to Japan is a withdrawl syndrome when kids who are extremely stressed out by the pressure to perform in schools lock themselves in their rooms, refuse to see or to talk to anyone for months. This syndrome has a Japanese name but I forgot it.

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