PSYC 307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Binge Eating, Social Anxiety Disorder, Schizophrenia
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Hikikomori social withdrawal and happens to japanese students. A decreasing valuation of work due to the relative economic comfort of japan. The spread of more lenient and overprotective parenting norms. The decline in birth rate that has allowed children to have their own bedrooms. Restructuring of the labor market that has eroded the security and predictability of career opportunities. The criteria for what constitutes mental health and what constitutes problematic abnormalities will vary significantly across cultures. Dis orders are usually defined as to behaviours that are and cause some kind of impairment to the individual, although there are many exceptions to this general pattern. Dhat syndrome frequently observed in south asian cultures. Young men who are leaking semen, which causes them to be morbidly anxious. Hindu people view semen as a very precious semen. It would be quite fruitless to try apply an unfamiliar south asian diagnostic category within north.
