This book was super fascinating and educational. I always noticed the high value given to mental health in the USA and it was interesting to see how Watters highlights the imposition of Western definition of mental health in other countries. Not taking into consideration the local cultural factors that are in relation with mental illness, there's a conflict faced by Western mental health professionals who want to diagnose these diseases according to a Western perspective. Of course, the pharmaceuticals play a large role, as pointed by the example in Japan where GlaxoSmithKline imposed a market of depression for Japanese people to want to get prescribed with medicines such as Praxo.

It's definitely an easy read and it share 4 powerful examples: Schizophrenia in Zanzibar, anorexia in Hong Kong, psychological counseling in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami and the example of depression in Japan.

Highly recommend it!