Jie Yang is Associate Professor in Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.

"Jie Yang has written an effective review of the recent history of mental health research and mental health problems in China. In a short space it tells the main history, gets at important issues and will prove to be useful. I will use it in my teaching."—Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University"Mental health in twenty first century China is a significant challenge. The pursuit of wellbeing has been mobilized as a state project while embraced by it's citizens. Yang offers critical insights onto contemporary experiences of distress and the local forms of healing that have proliferated in response to deep anxieties."—Nancy Chen, University of California Santa Cruz"Mental Health in China offers a systematic, up-to-date survey of China's mental health issues, including their manifestations, conceptualisations and interventions. […] But what truly distinguishes Mental Health in China is its attentiveness to the intricate ways in which 'therapeutic governance' has been enmeshed in China's historical, cultural and economic contexts. […] Yang very capably reconstructs the convergence of various intellectual sources – ancient Chinese thought, socialist legacy, and Western influences."—The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology"Jie Yang has written an excellent introductory text, a book impressive in its scope, readability, and clarity of argument. It provides a fascinating window onto recent developments of social life in China, while raising important questions about future directions of state interventions and mental health diagnosis and treatment."—Journal of the Royal Anthropoligical Institute

• MapChronologyAcknowledgementsIntroduction: China’s Mental Health “Crisis”?1. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Concepts and Contradictions2. New Chinese Mental “Illnesses”3. Gender, Class, and Mental Health4. Stigma and Control5. Psychopharmacology, Subjectivity, and Psychiatric Hospital Care6. Counseling and Indigenous Psychology7. Happiness and Psychological Self-HelpConclusion: Psychologization and Therapeutic GovernanceNotesBibliography

Jie Yang is Associate Professor in Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.

"Jie Yang has written an effective review of the recent history of mental health research and mental health problems in China. In a short space it tells the main history, gets at important issues and will prove to be useful. I will use it in my teaching."—Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University"Mental health in twenty first century China is a significant challenge. The pursuit of wellbeing has been mobilized as a state project while embraced by it's citizens. Yang offers critical insights onto contemporary experiences of distress and the local forms of healing that have proliferated in response to deep anxieties."—Nancy Chen, University of California Santa Cruz"Mental Health in China offers a systematic, up-to-date survey of China's mental health issues, including their manifestations, conceptualisations and interventions. […] But what truly distinguishes Mental Health in China is its attentiveness to the intricate ways in which 'therapeutic governance' has been enmeshed in China's historical, cultural and economic contexts. […] Yang very capably reconstructs the convergence of various intellectual sources – ancient Chinese thought, socialist legacy, and Western influences."—The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology"Jie Yang has written an excellent introductory text, a book impressive in its scope, readability, and clarity of argument. It provides a fascinating window onto recent developments of social life in China, while raising important questions about future directions of state interventions and mental health diagnosis and treatment."—Journal of the Royal Anthropoligical Institute

• MapChronologyAcknowledgementsIntroduction: China’s Mental Health “Crisis”?1. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Concepts and Contradictions2. New Chinese Mental “Illnesses”3. Gender, Class, and Mental Health4. Stigma and Control5. Psychopharmacology, Subjectivity, and Psychiatric Hospital Care6. Counseling and Indigenous Psychology7. Happiness and Psychological Self-HelpConclusion: Psychologization and Therapeutic GovernanceNotesBibliography

Jie Yang is Associate Professor in Anthropology at Simon Fraser University.

"Jie Yang has written an effective review of the recent history of mental health research and mental health problems in China. In a short space it tells the main history, gets at important issues and will prove to be useful. I will use it in my teaching."—Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University"Mental health in twenty first century China is a significant challenge. The pursuit of wellbeing has been mobilized as a state project while embraced by it's citizens. Yang offers critical insights onto contemporary experiences of distress and the local forms of healing that have proliferated in response to deep anxieties."—Nancy Chen, University of California Santa Cruz"Mental Health in China offers a systematic, up-to-date survey of China's mental health issues, including their manifestations, conceptualisations and interventions. […] But what truly distinguishes Mental Health in China is its attentiveness to the intricate ways in which 'therapeutic governance' has been enmeshed in China's historical, cultural and economic contexts. […] Yang very capably reconstructs the convergence of various intellectual sources – ancient Chinese thought, socialist legacy, and Western influences."—The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology"Jie Yang has written an excellent introductory text, a book impressive in its scope, readability, and clarity of argument. It provides a fascinating window onto recent developments of social life in China, while raising important questions about future directions of state interventions and mental health diagnosis and treatment."—Journal of the Royal Anthropoligical Institute

• MapChronologyAcknowledgementsIntroduction: China’s Mental Health “Crisis”?1. Mental Health and Mental Illness: Concepts and Contradictions2. New Chinese Mental “Illnesses”3. Gender, Class, and Mental Health4. Stigma and Control5. Psychopharmacology, Subjectivity, and Psychiatric Hospital Care6. Counseling and Indigenous Psychology7. Happiness and Psychological Self-HelpConclusion: Psychologization and Therapeutic GovernanceNotesBibliography