Mental Health in East Asia - Cultural Beliefs, Social Networks, and Mental Health Experiences

This pioneering monograph examines how culture informs popular understandings and experiences of mental health in East Asia, as well as providing resolutions for the future.

Sommario

1. Invigorating the Role of Culture in Mental Health 2. Cultural Beliefs about Mental Health: Gender Ideology, Emotional Suppression, and the Stigmatization of Mental Health 3. Cultural Beliefs, Mental Health, and Stigma: A Network Perspective 4. Cultural Beliefs and Social Support 5. Cultural Beliefs and Professional Services 6. Cultural Beliefs and Social Media 7. Mental Health in a New Modernity of Disenfranchisement and Risk

Info autore

Anson Au, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. An award-winning author of over forty scientific articles, he is an expert sociologist on economic sociology, social networks, digitalization, and professions and organizations, with a regional focus on East Asia.

Riassunto

This pioneering monograph examines how culture informs popular understandings and experiences of mental health in East Asia, as well as providing resolutions for the future.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anson Au, Anson (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Au
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032312415
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231241-5
• Pagine: 138
• Serie: Routledge Monographs in Mental Health
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Religion: general, Psychotherapy, Mental health services, East Asia, Far East, Psychological methodology, Other non-Christian religions, Other religions and spiritual beliefs, mental health;culture;emotion;stigma;belief;gender;Asia