A review by alicia03n09
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche by Ethan Watters

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

Although the discussion of some disorders and cases lacks nuance, particularly in the eating disorder chapter, I found this book very interesting and eye-opening to the various ways in which the West influences mental health experiences and treatments all over the world. I particularly appreciated the distinction between the hyper-introspection and hyper-individualism vs. the conceptualisations of the mind in terms of religious, cultural, ecological  and social levels.