Effect of globalisation on children's mental health

Abstract

Children's mental health may be adversely affected by a Western value system that promotes individualism, weakens social ties, and creates ambivalence towards children Values such as duty, responsibility, and a community orientation found in many non-Western cultures may promote psychiatric wellbeing Exporting Western child rearing beliefs and psychiatric practice to developing countries is undermining local values, beliefs, and practices Non-Western culture can provide new ideas to enrich child psychiatric theory and practice.