Crazy Like Us

BLESS THE BLOGGERS

Ethan Watters — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:26:00 GMT

Some of the most thoughtful dialogue regarding Crazy Like Us has come in the form of blogs. Here's one I particularly enjoyed. Remarkably she made the connection between my arguments in Crazy Like Us and the rise and fall of ...

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PHENOMENON

Ethan Watters — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:15:00 GMT

I'm not exactly sure who Hayton and Associates are (their website says that they are billing service for the behavioral health industry) but I enjoyed the headline of their cautionary article regarding my book. I also liked the idea that ...

Review Just in from Dubai

Ethan Watters — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:02:00 GMT

I've been pleased to see how many foreign papers have shown interest in the book. Here's a review from The National a newspaper in Dubai. It’s a sad, sad world ...

BOSTON GLOBE: Crazy Like Us is both groundbreaking and shocking

Ethan Watters — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:30:00 GMT

Making the rest of the world crazy Boston Globe Americans are a generous people. We donate riches to needy countries. We send our troops ...

10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE GOING ON THE DAILY SHOW

Ethan Watters — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:38:00 GMT

1) Don't expect any warm up. Jon Stewart comes into the green room before the show and chats with you for about 3 minutes. The conversation in my case focused exclusively on the contents of my Daily Show gift bag.2) ...

5 Minutes of Fame -- MY INTERVIEW ON THE DAILY SHOW

Ethan Watters — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:33:00 GMT

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CSPAN -- BOOK TALK

Ethan Watters — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:12:00 GMT

Sure CSPAN Book Talk is not as sexy as the Daily Show.Still I'm happy to have this record of the first reading for Crazy LikeUs at The Booksmith. The co-owner of the store Praveen Madan has been asupporter both of ...

Time Magazine Thumbs Up

Ethan Watters — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:58:00 GMT

I knew this one was coming and I have to say that I was nervous. The three possible ratings they give books this column are:TossSkimReadNeedless to say there's only one of those categories you'd want your book to land in. ...

Review from BookPage

Ethan Watters — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:43:00 GMT

One of the things about writing a book is that for the rest of your life you'll regret the things you didn't say and ideas you didn't include. Often times those regrets are sparked ...

Bookseller Insider Review

Ethan Watters — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:54:00 GMT

This is from Shelf Awareness a daily bookseller newsletter. When I get a new review I often quickly scan the text for key phrases so I know what I'm in for. In this case my eyes instantly landed on the ...

First Official Review of Crazy Like Us

Ethan Watters — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:34:00 GMT

This just in from the Library Journal which reviews books in advance of their publication: The United States has long been known as the country that sent fast food and hip-hop music to other parts of the world. ...

STORY OF A BOOK COVER

Ethan Watters — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:19:00 GMT

Here's the first version of the book cover that Free Press came up with. The foreign words, which all mean crazy in different languages, are supposed to form the image of a globe. The problem is that the readers -- ...

THE SOUNDSCAPE OF ZANZIBAR

Ethan Watters — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:28:00 GMT

In my chapter about cultural differences in the expression of schizophrenia I traveled to Zanzibar to spend some time with anthropologist Juli McGruder who studied families on the island who lived with the disease. The chapter addresses the ways families ...

FLAP COPY -- WOULD THIS MAKE YOU BUY A BOOK?

Ethan Watters — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:50:00 GMT

It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of everything from our movies to our junk food is a well documented phenomenon. But is it possible America’s ...

DO ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAUSE SUICIDE? -- A POST TO ANGER ALL SIDES.

Ethan Watters — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:21:00 GMT

In my chapter on the marketing of antidepressants in Japan I make the case that drug companies endeavored to sell both the American conception of depression along with the drugs purporting to cure that illness. Near the end of the ...

FROM THE INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK

Ethan Watters — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:36:00 GMT

To travel internationally is to become increasingly unnerved by the way American culture pervades the world. We cringe at the new indoor Mlimani shopping mall in Dar es Salaam, Tan- zania. We shake our heads ...

NEW MENTAL TOUGHNESS TRAINING FOR SOLDIERS

Ethan Watters — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:56:00 GMT

Interesting article in the NY Times on new mental toughness training programs being tested on soldiers. What struck me was how experimental it was. No evidence that this works but they are trying it out anyway. This from the article:

But outside experts cautioned that the Army program was more an experiment than a proven solution. “It’s
important to be clear that there’s no evidence that any program makes
soldiers more resilient,” said George A. Bonanno, a psychologist at Columbia University. But he and others said the program could settle one of the ...

NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION FOR THE DSM-V

Ethan Watters — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:12:00 GMT

The latest version of the American Psychiatric Association's influential diagnostic manual won't be out for a year or two. As if to prove the point that the designation of these illnesses remains as much a cultural and political project as it is a scientific one, the APA is soliciting input from the public.

As of this writing you can still make a suggestion. You can go here to register. And then you can:

Submit comments that serve to alert us about problems, limitations, or shortcomings
with DSM-IV-TR (without specific suggestions about how to fix ...