Mad by the Millions
| Author | : Harry Yi-Jui Wu |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 237 |
| Release | : 2021-04-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780262045384 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0262045389 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (389 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mad by the Millions written by Harry Yi-Jui Wu and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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