The Americanization of Mental Illness (posted 1/13)

The New York Times Magazine has published an article entitled, The Americanization of Mental Illness.  The article discusses how the American 'symptom repetoire' for mental illness has spread across the world and the impact this has had upon on other cultures' understanding of and engagement with mental illness.  The article states, "We’ve been changing not only the treatments but also the expression of mental illness in other cultures. Indeed, a handful of mental-health disorders — depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and anorexia among them — now appear to be spreading across cultures with the speed of contagious diseases. These symptom clusters are becoming the lingua franca of human suffering, replacing indigenous forms of mental illness."  To read the full article click here. 

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