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World Service,01 Jan 2001,24 mins

Mental Illness Around The World

Health Matters

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The differing views and approaches towards mental illness from the world's many cultures. Attitudes towards mental illness have changed over the centuries, originally attributed to demonic possession. Chinese medicine treats mental illness as a disease of the body which manifests itself as a mental illness.

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