[lit-ideas] Re: Mental Health and China


On 2005/06/22, at 10:10, Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx wrote:

Is this because our lifestyles have translated to Chinese lifestyles or is it that they used to not complain and just deal with what life gave them?



Perhaps a bit of both. But "just deal with what life gave them" misses other possibilities. One is somatization, expressing distress through physical symptoms. Another is turning to fortunetellers, geomancers, spirit mediums, and other traditional healers. To learn all about it, check out the work of Arthur Kleinman,

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/social_pages_kleinman.html

John McCreery
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