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> It just got me wondering how much of therapy is a white culture thing I assume non-white majority countries also have psychologists/therapists, though.
by oblio 4y ago
> It just got me wondering how much of therapy is a white culture thing
I assume non-white majority countries also have psychologists/therapists, though.
- gernb 4y agoIt sounds like therapy is not common in many cultures https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-therapy-is-like-around-the-world_l_5d2f2930e4b02fd71dddab1c https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-therapy-is-like-around-t...
- oblio 4y agoIt's not common anywhere. If anything, it's quite new and generally a rich man's thing. Poor people generally avoid discussing issues in public and then discuss them with family. But far more frequently violence and alcohol are the default "therapy".
- o_nate 4y agoThe WHO has data on mental health workers relative to population in various countries around the world. The median number of mental health workers per 100,000 population across 156 countries, is 8. In the US its about 100. China is at the median. India is one of the lowest, at around 1 mental health worker per 100,000 population.
- oblio 4y agoWe need to revisit this discussion when Chinese and Indian revenues are at Western levels. If you take this: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/psychiatrists-working-in-mental-health-sector-(per-100-000) https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-detai... and plot it against a GDP per capita data source, they're basically aligned.