Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders in the Age of World Citizenship, Experts, and Technology
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Mad by the Millions: Mental Disorders in the Age of World Citizenship, Experts, and Technology
By (Author) Harry Yi-Jui Wu
MIT Press Ltd
MIT Press
18th May 2021
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
362.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
200
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
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." 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.
Author Bio
Harry Yi-Jui Wu is Associate Professor in the Cross College Elite Program and Department of Medical Humanities and Social Medicine at National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan.
