A Japanese jungian perspective on mental health and culture : wandering madness
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A Japanese jungian perspective on mental health and culture : wandering madness
（Research in analytical psychology and Jungian studies series）
Routledge, 2017
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さまよえる狂気 : 精神学からの提言
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
A Japanese Jungian Perspective on Mental Health and Culture: Wandering Madness explores differences between Western and Japanese models of mental health. It argues that while the advent of modern mental health has brought about seminal changes in our understanding of and relationship to those who face its challenges, the cure also seems to be something of the cause, as the classification of mental disorders continues to expand and increasing numbers of people show up to fill them. In this book, psychiatrist and Jungian analyst Iwao Akita presents a new theory of psycheology in order to highlight what has been lost in our rush to medicalize the psyche, as well as offer a remedy for restoring balance.
Drawing upon examples from both Japanese and Western cultures, Dr. Akita discusses an alternative perspective to the polarized viewpoint towards which the West tends. He distinguishes the concept of madness from psychopathology and outlines its dynamics through numerous clinical and cultural examples. He describes the underlying dynamics of substance use and personality disorders, makes important links between these conditions, and clarifies how they can develop into madness. With references to familiar stories and myths from Western and Japanese cultures, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of mental illness and health, while also making us more aware of how these issues are common to the human experience.
This book will be of key interest to academics, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of psychoanalysis, Jungian and Post-Jungian studies, and mental health studies. It will also appeal to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, as well as those with a particular interest in substance use, personality disorders, madness, and cross-cultural comparisons of mental health models.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Madness Embraced
1. On the Question of Why
2. What is Madness?
3. The Impossibility of Objectivity
4. The Departure from Godhood: Everyone is Borderline and at the Borderline
5. For Those Who Wander in Mazes: Escaping the Fly Bottle
Conclusion: From Mental Health to Psycheology
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