Mental health in China : change, tradition, and therapeutic governance /

Mental health in China : change, tradition, and therapeutic governance /

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Author / Creator:	Yang, Jie, 1970- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2018.
Description:	xii, 249 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	China today series China today.
Subject:	Mental health -- China. Mental illness -- China. Mental health policy -- China. Mental health. Mental health policy. Mental illness. Mental Health. China. China.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11380462

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ISBN:	9781509502950 1509502955 9781509502967 1509502963
Notes:	Machine generated contents note: Map Chronology Acknowledgements Introduction: China's Mental Health "Crisis"? 1. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Concepts and Contradictions 2. New Chinese Mental "Illnesses" 3. Gender, Class, and Mental Health 4. Stigma and Control 5. Psychopharmacology, Subjectivity, and Psychiatric Hospital Care 6. Counseling and Indigenous Psychology 7. Happiness and Psychological Self-Help Conclusion: Psychologization and Therapeutic Governance Notes Bibliography. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"China's massive economic restructuring in recent decades has generated alarming incidences of mental disorder affecting over one hundred million people. This timely book provides an anthropological analysis of mental health in China through an exploration of psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosocial practices, and the role of the State. The book offers a critical study of new characteristics and unique practices of Chinese psychology and cultural tradition, highlighting the embodied, holistic, heart-based approach to mental health. Drawing together voices from her own research and a broad range of theory, Jie Yang addresses the mental health of a diverse array of people, including members of China's elite, the middle class and underprivileged groups. She argues that the Chinese government aligns psychology with the imperatives and interests of state and market, mobilizing concepts of mental illness to resolve social, moral, economic, and political disorders while legitimating the continued rule of the party through psychological care and permissive empathy. This thoughtful analysis will appeal to those across the social sciences and humanities interested in well-being in China and the intersection of society, politics, culture, and mental health"--
Other form:	Electronic version: Yang, Jie, 1970- Mental health in China. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2017 9781509502998

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