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This paper will examine briefly some of the traditional beliefs and medical practices used in East Asian medical systems.1 The relationship of these beliefs to contemporary conceptions of mental health will then be examined by means of a semantic network analysis (Good 1977). These data will then be assessed for their implications for clinical care and the question of the incorporation of traditional medical systems into the official health care systems of large urbanized societies in general.2
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Lock, M. (1982). Popular Conceptions of Mental Health in Japan. In: Marsella, A.J., White, G.M. (eds) Cultural Conceptions of Mental Health and Therapy. Culture, Illness, and Healing, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9220-3_8
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