Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Watters, Ethan. Title: Crazy like us : the globalization of the American psyche / Ethan Watters. Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Free Press, 2010. Description: vii, 306 pages ; 24 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Mental illness -- Cross-cultural studies. Psychology, Pathological -- Cross-cultural studies. Mental illness -- United States. Globalization -- Psychological aspects. Psychiatric epidemiology. Mental illness. Cross-cultural studies. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index. Contents: 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. Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2009030661 ISBN: 9781416587088 141658708X 9781416587095 1416587098 Other Number: 310397910 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 1049561 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 616.89 Watters Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1