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This work examines the social and historical roots of neurasthenia in China, particularly during the colonial era.

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Social Origins of Distress and Disease; Depression, Neurasthenia, and Pain in Modern China.

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This work examines the social and historical roots of neurasthenia in China, particularly during the colonial era.
Analyzes the importation of neurasthenia into Chinese culture during colonialism.
Explores reinterpretations of neurasthenia within Chinese medical theory.
Focuses on the societal implications of viewing neurasthenia as a physical rather than mental disorder.
Neurasthenia was reinterpreted in China as a physical disorder influenced by Western medical practices.
The cultural adaptation resulted in significant shifts in perceptions of mental health in Chinese society.

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Analysis of how neurasthenia was reinterpreted as a physical disorder in colonial China, suggesting cultural shifts in mental health understanding.

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Compte-rendus de l'ouvrage de meme titre (A. Kleinman, New Haven : Yale University Press, 1986). Comment la conception de la neurasthenie fut importee en Chine durant la periode coloniale et fut reinterpretee par la theorie medicale chinoise et popularisee comme desordre physique plutot que mental

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Lock et al. (1988) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a17cba340149b897cb45808 https://doi.org/10.2307/2803283

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Analysis of how neurasthenia was reinterpreted as a physical disorder in colonial China, suggesting cultural shifts in mental health understanding.

Social Origins of Distress and Disease; Depression, Neurasthenia, and Pain in Modern China.

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Social Origins of Distress and Disease; Depression, Neurasthenia, and Pain in Modern China.

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