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The age of insanity : modernity and mental health

Annotation Focuses on the psychological and emotional relationship of individuals impacted by the conditions of modern society
Print Book, English, 2001
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2001
xi, 224 pages ; 24 cm
9780275970529, 0275970523
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PrefaceIntroduction: The Human Context of ModernityMegatrends in Identity, Consciousness, and Psychological DefenseMaterialism, Consumption, and Mental HealthThe Cultural Dynamics of Western DepressionThe New AnxietyModernity and Interpersonal HealthSpiritual and Existential HealthMental Health and the Physical WorldThe New Mental Health WorkerBibliography
Author is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch