Depression in Japan: Psychiatric Cures for a Society in Distress

A study of the effect of depression and psychiatry on Japanese society—"A triumph, perhaps even a classic" (Times Higher Education, UK).

"Fully engaged with the scholarly literature, and steeped in detail and description, this exemplary book is clearly the product of great care and careful listening and observation. With its high quality, simplicity, and eloquence, it is bound to become the book on depression in Japan." —Adriana Petryna, University of Pennsylvania

Since the 1990s, suicide in ...