Love, Denial and Rejection: Responses of Chinese Families to Mental Illness

Lin, Tsung-Yi; Lin, Mei‐Chen

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-4986-2_20

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“…The study confirms the contention that Chinese people use a variety of etiolocal explanations simultaneously when dealing with mental illness (Lin and Lin, 1981;Kleinman, 1980).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Based on their work in the Chinese community in Vancouver, Lin and Lin (1981) have identified five stages of familial coping with mental illness: 1 -exclusively intrafamilial coping 2 -inclusion of certain trusted outsiders in the intrafamilial attempt 3 -consultation with outside helping agencies, physicians and finally 4 -labelling of mental illness and subsequent series of hospitaliza-5 -scapegoating and rejection.…”

Section: The Family and Mental Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…None the less, they may be subsumed under the same schema. Lin and Lin (1981) offer a five-category model for explanations of mental illness used by Chinese people, based on work in Taiwan and amongst Chinese communities in Canada. These are:…”

Section: Explanations Of Mental Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The religious or cosmological view of causation is described by Lin and Lin (1981) Tseng (1973) who claims that for the last two millennia supernatural causation has not been a feature of Chinese medicine.…”

Section: Religious or Cosmological Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Families in China: an undervalued resource for mental health?

Pearson

1993

Journal of Family Therapy

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This article is based on 37 interviews with patients and family members in a psychiatric hospital in Hubei, the People's Republic of China. The main goal was to investigate the explanatory models that families used in understanding the causes of mental illness. Case material is provided to illustrate some of the issues concerning family dynamics and problems. Families use a holistic framework for understanding psychiatric disturbance. Doctors’ explanatory framework is largely medical and they show no interest in family relationships. Equally, families make it clear that they need more information and support from medical practitioners, which is not forthcoming.

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“…The study confirms the contention that Chinese people use a variety of etiolocal explanations simultaneously when dealing with mental illness (Lin and Lin, 1981;Kleinman, 1980).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: The Family and Mental Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Explanations Of Mental Illnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Religious or Cosmological Theoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Families in China: an undervalued resource for mental health?

Pearson

1993

Journal of Family Therapy

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“…In practice, persons suffering from a severe illness and their close family members are often socially stigmatised (Sartorius 1997). A popular view in China considers severe illness, to a certain extent, to be punishment for an ancestor's misbehaviour or for the family's current misconduct, which is called 'religious punishment' (zongjiao chengfa) or 'pre-existence retribution' (qianshi baoying) (Lin & Lin 1980;Wang & Zhang 2002;Liu 2006). This view, which is a popular explanation of pathogenesis based on religion and superstition, sometimes is used to stigmatise families with severe handicaps, causing conflict and dissatisfaction.…”

Section: Lack Of Effective Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Frameworks of Choice : Predictive and Genetic Testing in Asia

2010

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Transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults

Barnhart

Cui

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Intl J Eating Disorders

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Objective Ample evidence shows that transgender congruence is negatively associated with body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in the Western context; however, limited research has explored these relationships in non‐Western populations (e.g., Chinese transgender adults). Moreover, to our knowledge, there has been no research describing disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults. Thus, this study aimed to explore group differences in and relationships between transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults. Methods This study examined transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in a sample of Chinese transgender adults (N = 200). Chi‐square, F tests, and correlation analyses were conducted to examine group differences and relationships between study variables. Results Of the transgender adults, 31.0% screened positive as probable eating disorder (ED) cases. There were no gender identity differences in the study variables. Transgender congruence was positively associated body appreciation (r = .40, p < .001) and negatively associated with body dissatisfaction (r = −.26, p < .001) and disordered eating (r = −.15, p = .031). Discussion Chinese transgender adults may be at high risk of EDs. Transgender congruence and body appreciation may serve a protective role in the context of eating pathology in Chinese transgender adults. Future research is needed to validate the observed relationships between transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults. Public Significance Research on disordered eating and body image in Chinese transgender adults is limited. This study describes disordered eating and its relations with transgender congruence, body appreciation, and body dissatisfaction in Chinese transgender adults. Findings highlight the need for and implications of ED intervention in Chinese transgender adults.

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Love, Denial and Rejection: Responses of Chinese Families to Mental Illness

Cited by 80 publications

References 15 publications

Families in China: an undervalued resource for mental health?

Families in China: an undervalued resource for mental health?

Frameworks of Choice : Predictive and Genetic Testing in Asia

Transgender congruence, body appreciation, body dissatisfaction, and disordered eating in Chinese transgender adults

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