Jie Yang - Mental Health in China: Change, Tradition and Therapeutic Governance

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-0295-0

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-0296-7 (pb)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Yang, Jie, 1970- author.

Title: Mental health in China : psychologization and therapeutic governance / Jie Yang.

Description: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA: Polity, 2017. | Series: China today | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017013935 (print) | LCCN 2017025905 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509502981(Mobi) | ISBN 9781509502998 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509502950 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509502967 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Mental health--China. | Mental illness--China. | Mental health policy--China. | BISAC: MEDICAL / Mental Health.

Classification: LCC RA790.7.C6 (ebook) | LCC RA790.7.C6 Y36 2017 (print) | DDC 362.20951--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017013935

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