A review by notesofacrocodile
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

devoured this within 3 days despite the fact that i was quite busy over the last week. it examines the western imposition of diagnostic categories upon other cultures and its own disregard for indigenous systems of healing and understanding of disordered behaviours, as well as a criticism of the takeover of the field of mental health by big pharma. this is an aspect that has piqued my interest for a long while now and i found that it left me satisfied for the most part, but still managed to leave me more curious about everything discussed.