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Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization (Culture and Psychiatry)

Harry Yi-Jui Wu

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Description:The World Health Organization's post-World War II work on the epidemiology and classification of mental disorders and its vision of a "world psyche."In 1946, the World Health Organization undertook a project in social psychiatry that aimed to discover the epidemiology and classification of mental disorders. In Mad by the Millions, Harry Y-Jui Wu examines the WHO's ambitious project, arguing that it was shaped by the postwar faith in technology and expertise and the universalizing vision of a "world psyche." Wu shows that the WHO's idealized scientific internationalism laid the foundations of today's highly highly metricalized global mental health system.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization (Culture and Psychiatry). To get started finding Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization (Culture and Psychiatry), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The World Health Organization's post-World War II work on the epidemiology and classification of mental disorders and its vision of a "world psyche."In 1946, the World Health Organization undertook a project in social psychiatry that aimed to discover the epidemiology and classification of mental disorders. In Mad by the Millions, Harry Y-Jui Wu examines the WHO's ambitious project, arguing that it was shaped by the postwar faith in technology and expertise and the universalizing vision of a "world psyche." Wu shows that the WHO's idealized scientific internationalism laid the foundations of today's highly highly metricalized global mental health system.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization (Culture and Psychiatry). To get started finding Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders and the Early Years of the World Health Organization (Culture and Psychiatry), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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