Chinese societies and mental health /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 379 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2411688 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I. Chinese Culture, Orientation, and Coping
- 1. Chinese societies and mental health
- 2. Chinese social orientation
- An integrative analysis
- 3. Cultural tradition and stress management in modern society
- Learning from theHong Kong experience
- Part II. Children and Mental Health
- 4. Behaviour problems of schoolchildren in Beijing
- A study of prevalence andrisk factors
- 5. Preschool behaviour disorders in Hong Kong
- A cross-cultural perspective6. One-child-per-couple family planning and child behaviour development:Six-year follow-up study in Nanjing
- 7. Reading success and failure in logographic writing systems
- Children learningto read Chinese do evidence reading disabilities
- Part III. Family and Adjustment
- 8. Psychological impact of family reunion after long-term separation
- Thesituation in Taiwan and mainland China
- 9. Migration and transethnic family adjustment
- Experiences of Japanese Warorphans and their Chinese spouses in Japan
- Part IV. Culture, Stress, and Symptom Manifestation
- 10. Remembering the cultural revolution
- Alienating pains and the pain ofalienation/transformation
- 11. Facts and myths about somatization among the Chinese
- 12. Neuroses in Taiwan
- Findings from a community survey
- Part V. Culture and Psychopathology
- 13. Alcoholism in Taiwan
- The Chinese and Aborigines
- 14. Eating disorders in Hong Kong
- 15. Suicidal behaviour observed in Taiwan
- Trends over four decades
- 16. Sexual beliefs and problems in contemporary Taiwan
- 17. Koro epidemic in Southern China
- Part IV. Frequency of Mental Disorder
- 18. Mental disorders in Taiwan: Epidemiological studies of community population
- 19. Mental disorders in Singapore
- Part VII. Therapy and Mental Health Care
- 20. Psychotherapy for the Chinese: Cultural considerations
- 21. Family therapy for the Chinese: Problems and strategies
- 22. Psychopharmacology for the Chinese: Cross-ethnic perspectives
- 23. Development of mental health systems and care in China: From the 1940s tothe 1980s
- 24. Integration of major findings
- Glossary
- References
