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Article: “Chinese Philosophy has Long Known That Mental Health is Communal”

A colorful procession of figures, possibly a royal or religious procession, is depicted in a traditional Chinese painting.
Detail from the The Hundred Sons, ink on handscroll, by an unidentified artist. Courtesy The Met Museum, New York

Click to read: “Chinese Philosophy has Long Known That Mental Health is Communal

June 1, 2020 by Alexus McLeod

Mental illness is considered to be an individual disorder. Western treatment focuses on the individual, but communal approaches may also be effective. Chinese scholars understood this well.

Learn more at psyche.co.