A Japanese Jungian Perspective on Mental Health and Culture: Wandering Madness

ISBN-13: 9781138353763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 150 str.

Iwao Akita

Opis

The advent of modern mental health has brought about seminal changes in our understanding and relationship to those who face its challenges. Yet 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. This book explores the differences between Western and Japanese models of mental health and presents a new theory of psyche-ology to highlight what has been lost in our rush to medicalize the psyche and recommends how we might return to a proper balance.

O autorze

Iwao Akita, M.D., Ph.D., is a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, and Jungian analyst. He received his academic degrees from Kōchi Medical School, Japan, and completed training as a Jungian analyst atthe C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich. Dr. Akita is a professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Kyoto Bunkyo University. He has also been instrumental in the development of analytical psychology in Japan, serving in leadership roles for both the Japan Association of Jungian Psychology (JAJP) and the Association of Jungian Analysts, Japan (AJAJ) over many years. His works include many publications and several books in Japanese.