Section I: Historical and Cultural Background of Beliefs and Norms Governing Behavior.- 1. Selfhood and Authority in Neo-Confucian Political Culture.- 2. Suicide and the Family in Pre-modern Chinese Society.- 3. Normal and Deviant Drinking in Rural Taiwan.- 4. In the Presence of Authority: Hierarchical Roles in Chinese Spirit Medium Cults.- 5. Insanity in Imperial China: A Legal Case Study.- 6. Traditional Chinese Medical Beliefs and Their Relevance for Mental Illness and Psychiatry.- Section II: Child Development and Childhood Psychopathology.- 7. Conformity and Deviance Regarding Moral Rules in Chinese Society: A Socialization Perspective.- 8. Childhood Psychopathology: A Dialogue with Special Reference to Chinese and American Cultures.- 9. Sex Difference in School Adjustment in Taiwan.- Section III: Family Studies.- 10. Deviant Marriage Patterns in Chinese Society.- 11. Family and Community in the People's Republic.- 12. The Effect of Family Pathology on Taipei's Juvenile Delinquents.- Section IV: Psychiatric Studies: Epidemiological and Clinical.- 13. Overview of Mental Disorders in Chinese Cultures: Review of Epidemiological and Clinical Studies.- 14. Sex Roles, Social Status, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Urban Hong Kong.- 15. Mental Health Status of Chinese in the United States.- 16. The American Experience of the Chinese Student: On Being Normal in an Abnormal World.- 17. Mental Illness and Psychosocial Aspects of Medical Problems in China.- 18. Shen-K'uei Syndrome: A Culture-Specific Sexual Neurosis in Taiwan.- 19. Culture-Bound Syndromes among Overseas Chinese.- 20. Love, Denial and Rejection: Responses of Chinese Families to Mental Illness.- Epilogue.- List of Contributors.- Citation Index.