Our surroundings affect the way we think and act. But take this idea further to mental health. The two brothers examined specific cases where society and culture have played a role in producing delusions. Joel joins Krys Boyd today on Think at noon to talk about their latest book, .
Joel鈥檚 interaction with a number of patients introduced him to the 鈥淭ruman Show delusion鈥� back in 2002. This idea caused these patients to believe that they were in the center of a reality show, similar to the 1998 film starring Jim Carrey.
New York Post contributor Susannah Cahalan as someone who dealt with a neurological brain disease. In an age where social media and tales of the NSA are culturally important, it鈥檚 hard to escape the mentality that one is the center of attention.
In studying schizophrenia, anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann . For example, subjects from Western countries such as the United States, experienced negative voices in their hallucinations because a stronger sense of self identity allowed them to see an intrusion in their private world. This contrasted with subjects in India or Africa, who were more open to the idea of relationships and viewed these voices as positive.
And even on the other side of the world in Asia, adolescent suicide is on the rise due to influences such as parental pressure to do well in school and the one-child policy, .
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