<p>"Jie Yang has written an effective review of the recent history of mental health research and mental health problems in China. In a short space it tells the main history, gets at important issues and will prove to be useful. I will use it in my teaching."<br />—<b>Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University</b></p> <p>"Mental health in twenty first century China is a significant challenge. The pursuit of wellbeing has been mobilized as a state project while embraced by it's citizens. Yang offers critical insights onto contemporary experiences of distress and the local forms of healing that have proliferated in response to deep anxieties."<br />—<b>Nancy Chen, University of California Santa Cruz</b></p> <p>"<i>Mental Health in China</i> offers a systematic, up-to-date survey of China's mental health issues, including their manifestations, conceptualisations and interventions. […] But what truly distinguishes <i>Mental Health in China</i> is its attentiveness to the intricate ways in which 'therapeutic governance' has been enmeshed in China's historical, cultural and economic contexts. […] Yang very capably reconstructs the convergence of various intellectual sources – ancient Chinese thought, socialist legacy, and Western influences."<br />—<b><i>The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology</i></b></p> <p>"Jie Yang has written an excellent introductory text, a book impressive in its scope, readability, and clarity of argument. It provides a fascinating window onto recent developments of social life in China, while raising important questions about future directions of state interventions and mental health diagnosis and treatment."<br />—<b><i>Journal of the Royal Anthropoligical Institute</i></b></p>