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Mental health in China and the Chinese diaspora : historical and cultural perspectives / Harry Minas, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International and cultural psychology series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health--China.
- Mental health.
- Mental health--China--History.
- Mental health policy--China.
- Mental health policy.
- Chinese--Mental health.
- Chinese.
- Chinese diaspora.
- History.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgement
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Mental Health System Development in China
- Mental Health of the Chinese Diaspora
- Structure of the Book
- References
- Part I: Mental Health in China
- Chapter 2: Madness in Late Imperial China: Law, Medicine, and Ritual
- Law, Policies, and Society
- Medical Understandings of Madness: Fire and Phlegm
- Emotions and "Constraint"
- Ghosts and Ritual Therapies
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Psychiatry in Republican China
- Condition of Madness and Mental Health in General
- Uneven Development of Psychiatry
- Psychiatrists and Their Multiple Roles
- Developers of Medical Science
- Providers of Mental Health Services
- Experts of the Technologies of the Self
- Chapter 4: Mental Health and Psychiatry During the Maoist Era: 1949-1976
- Major Historical Developments
- Professional Growth
- Major Approaches to Mental Illness
- The 1958 Conference
- The Cultural Revolution
- Epidemiology
- General Characteristics
- Schizophrenia
- Neurasthenia
- Institutionalized Treatments
- Hospitalization
- Western and Soviet Approaches
- Speedy Synthetic Therapy
- Mental Health Through a Chinese Cultural Lens
- Traditional Chinese Medical Approaches
- Culture-Bound Syndromes
- The Social and Political Characteristics of Psychiatry
- Political Approach to Mental Illness
- Political Abuse of Psychiatry
- Chapter 5: Psychiatry and Mental Health in Post-reform China
- From Rehabilitation to Crisis
- Formation of the Public Mental Health Reform
- Psycho-Boom: A Parallel Development
- The Mental Health Law and Its Aftermath
- Epilogue: Challenges and Prospects
- References
- Chapter 6: From Means to Goal: A History of Mental Health in Hong Kong from 1850 to 1960
- Violent Sailors and Suicidal Chinese
- Temporary Deposition of the Insane in Gaol and Tung Wah Hospital
- Reform of Tung Wah Hospital
- Politics of Repatriation
- Criminal or Insane?
- Psychiatric Knowledge and Its Practicality
- Chapter 7: From the Kerr Asylum to the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
- Introduction
- The First Period: The Rise of Psychiatric Hospital (1898-1950s)
- The Second Period: Stagnant Development of the Psychiatric Hospital (1960s-1970s)
- The Third Period: The Rapid Development of the Psychiatric Hospital (1980s-1990s)
- The Fourth Period: The Co-development of the Hospital and the Community (Since the 2000s Onward)
- Chapter 8: China's Mental Health Law
- Development of the Law
- The Content of the Law
- General Provisions
- Psychological Health Promotion and Mental Disorder Prevention
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders
- Rehabilitation of Mental Disorders
- Safeguards
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Legal Liability.
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Minas, Harry Mental Health in China and the Chinese Diaspora: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
- ISBN:
- 9783030651619
- 3030651614
- Publisher Number:
- 99987369672
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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