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

3.0

Pretty interesting take on more American imperialism-selling our knowledge overseas and insisting our experience is the only answer. We visit Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Japan each with unique maladies in which Western learning has had marginal or even harmful effects. The last chapter on Japan was too long. The author is even married to a psychologist or psychiatrist but this book is really in the domain of anthropology and it's quite fascinating. Western mental health sounds like the Western Diet, not for everyone.