Mental health across cultures
History and philosophy of mental health
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Chinese philosophy has long known that mental health is communal
The early Chinese philosophers knew that a healthy mind comes from a harmonious community, not a matter for individuals alone
by Alexus McLeod
History and philosophy of mental health
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Frantz Fanon and the crisis of mental health in the Arab world
Where is Frantz Fanon’s postcolonial ‘new man’ to be found in the persistence of psychiatric institutions in the Arab world?
by Joelle M Abi-Rached
Difficult emotions
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Most anguish isn’t an illness but an evolved response to adversity
An anthropological view shows us that the root causes of depression and anxiety are usually social conflict and adversity
by Kristen Syme & Edward H Hagen
Mental health across cultures
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Why a Sufi approach to healing mental illness is so powerful
In Sufi shrines, rituals offer sufferers a path beyond the fear and isolation of their mental distress
by Bhrigupati Singh
Ageing
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The radical impact of seeing Alzheimer’s as a second childhood
Even if the retrogenesis model isn’t strictly true, seeing Alzheimer’s as a second childhood impacts radically on patient care
by Han Yu
Socioeconomics of mental health
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The therapeutic power in learning to make a film together
A collaboration among workers in India showed the power of making and discussing films for sharing life’s inner challenges
by Varun Kurtkoti