Chinese Societies and Mental Health
Author | : Tsung-Yi Lin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015034887441 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Download or read book Chinese Societies and Mental Health written by Tsung-Yi Lin and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 24 essays collected in this volume present the latest research on the specifically Chinese experience of mental health. The contributors, all mental health professionals, discuss a wide range of disorders found in Chinese communities in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore andabroad.Realizing that there is diversity within Chinese culture itself, they utilize that culture as an axis from which to explore various dimensions of mental health at individual, family and community levels. Various mental health problems are examined, with particular emphasis on neuroses and otherspecific mental disorders.This book will be of interest to scholars and students of behavioural and social sciences, culture, and mental health; to clinicians and mental health workers, particularly cultural psychiatrists; and to any persons interested in the study of the Chinese.