Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche

by Ethan Watters

Sociology Psychology Nonfiction

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Investigates how American ideas about mental illness are transforming cultural expressions of psychological suffering around the world.

ISBN-13 9781416587095 ASIN 1416587098 Views 402 Publisher Free Press Year 2011 Edition Reprint Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 320 Adult No Created February 28, 2026 Updated September 21, 2026

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Crazy Like Us examines the spread of American concepts of mental health across the globe.

The book investigates how local expressions of psychological distress are being replaced by Western diagnostic categories.

It highlights the influence of pharmaceutical marketing and media in shaping new cultural understandings of illness.

Readers gain insight into the unintended consequences of exporting psychiatric frameworks to diverse societies.

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