The Fit Mind

Why do developed Western nations such as the United States have the highest rates of depression in the world? To untangle this puzzle, The Fit Mind takes the reader on a confronting journey through mental health across cultures. Making many years of cross cultural research available in an easy to read form, this book will change the way you think about your emotions, the way you see yourself, and your view of popular psychology. The author shows why learning to manage emotions in culturally acceptable ways can also create unexpected risks of mental illness in populations as a whole. A disturbing but ultimately constructive challenge to Western psychology, this book may, literally, change your mind.