Overview: Details traditional conceptions of, and approaches to dealing with, mental illness.Deals with the introduction and growth in influence of Western psychiatry, its clinical methods and its forms of serv.This far-reaching volume analyzes the social, cultural, political, and economic factors contributing to mental health issues and shaping treatment options in the Asian and Pacific world. Multiple lenses examine complex experiences and needs in this vast region, identifying not only cultural issues at the individual and collective levels, but also the impacts of colonial history, effects
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