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Mental Health Status of Chinese in the United States

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Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Chinese Culture

Part of the book series: Culture, Illness, and Healing ((CIHE,volume 2))

Abstract

Among the more intriguing issues regarding Chinese in the United States is the mental health status of this population. Owing to the increased influx of Chinese immigration, emerging public images of Chinese-American socio-economic success, and expanded interest in ethnic cultures in the United States, social scientists have made greater attempts to understand the psychological well-being of this group.

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  1. Division of Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Arthur Kleinman

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Tsung-Yi Lin

  3. Departments of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Tokyo, Japan

    Tsung-Yi Lin

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Tsai, M., Teng, L.N., Sue, S. (1981). Mental Health Status of Chinese in the United States. In: Kleinman, A., Lin, TY. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Behavior in Chinese Culture. Culture, Illness, and Healing, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4986-2_15

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