How much sense is there to say that mental illness is primarily a western phenom
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How much sense is there to say that mental illness is primarily a western phenom
Although mental illness is widespread in the west, and perhaps western society is characterized in large part by the presence of mental illness, what would you say given the assertion that said illness is largely absent from the east? Best answer: th
Although mental illness is widespread in the west, and perhaps western society is characterized in large part by the presence of mental illness, what would you say given the assertion that said illness is largely absent from the east?
Best answer:
the way that mental illnesses manifest themselves varies from country to country, but they are present in all realms of society.
for example, in one society there are almost no reported incidents of OCD, but they have a condition in which men become hysterical with the fear that their penises will fall off. In western cultures, ocd is considered an anxiety disorder and in this other culture this abnormal fear is also considered an anxiety disorder. the point behind this is that both cultures recognize a problem with anxiety but have very, very different ways of displaying and dealing with anxiety.
Best answer:
degree in psychology
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