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Author Ethan Watters says Americans have exported far more than just goods and culture around the globe. He argues we’ve exported mental illnesses as well. Watters says America’s well meaning drive to de-stigmatize mental illness globally has done more harm than good. He joins us to about his new book, “Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche.”

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Ethan Watters, author of "Crazy Like Us"

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