• weker01@feddit.de
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    4 months ago

    Yep because as stated in the article it was believed that they don’t exist in European society for a long time

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      Okay I see what your saying. That Europe just felt it was normal so none of the European countries got one, and that’s why you feel left out.

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        Yeah Europeans would have seen cultural bound mental illnesses as universal. And to a certain degree, the absolute hegemony of European cultures means there’s a chance that what would’ve been European culture bound mental illnesses spread with European cultures.

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        The entirety of western psychiatry and psychology is based on the European version of mental health issues…