Mental health in China and the Chinese diaspora : historical and cultural perspectives / Harry Minas, editor.
Minas, I. H. (I. Harry), editor.
2021
RA790.7.C6
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Mental health in China and the Chinese diaspora : historical and cultural perspectives / Harry Minas, editor.
ISBN
9783030651619 (electronic bk.)
3030651614 (electronic bk.)
9783030651602
3030651606
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65161-9
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (251 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-65161-9 doi
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RA790.7.C6
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.8900951
Summary
Following on the previous volume, Mental Health in Asia and the Pacific, which was co-edited with Milton Lewis, this book explores historical and contemporary developments in mental health in China and Chinese immigrant populations. It presents the development of mental health policies and services from the 19th Century until the present time, offering a clear view of the antecedents of todays policies and practice. Chapters focus on traditional Chinese conceptions of mental illness, the development of the Chinese mental health system through the massive political, social, cultural and economic transformations in China from the late 19th Century to the present, and the mental health of Chinese immigrants in several countries with large Chinese populations. Chinas international political and economic influence and its capabilities in mental health science and innovation have grown rapidly in recent decades. So has Chinas engagement in international institutions, and in global economic and health development activities. Chinese immigrant communities are to be found in almost all countries all around the world. Readers of this book will gain an understanding of how historical, cultural, economic, social, and political contexts have influenced the development of mental health law, policies and services in China and how these contexts in migrant receiving countries shape the mental health of Chinese immigrants. Includes China and the Chinese Diaspora; Integrates examination of mental health and mental health system development in context; Features international experts in Chinese history and culture and their mental health aspects.
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International and cultural psychology series.
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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
References
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
Conclusion
References
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
Conclusion
References
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
Conclusion
References
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)
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: China's Mental Health Law
Introduction
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

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