The geography of madness.

What starts as a book review ends as an eye-opening view of humanity’s ability to manifest our expectations. “A culture-bound mental illness is one that only affects people who know about it, and especially people who believe in it. … It sometimes spreads contagiously: someone gets a first case, the rest of the village panics, and now everyone knows about it / believes in it / is thinking about it, and so many other people get it too.” ~ learn more