Chinese societies and mental health - Tsung-Yi Lin

The 24 essays collected in this volume present the latest research on a range of mental disorders found in Chinese communities in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and abroad.The authors, most but not all of Chinese decent, investigate culture and mental health by focusing on a specific cultural group-the Chinese. 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 other specific mental disorders. The frequency and distributionof disorders within communities is reviewed, and the treatment and care of mental health is dealt with from a cultural perspective.Topics covered include; the relationship of cultural tradition to stress management in Hong Kong; the behaviour problems of schoolchildren in Beijing; the psychological impact on families reunited across the Taiwan Strait; strategies for family therapy in Chinese families; and many more.This book will be of interest to scholars and students of behavioural and social sciences, culture,