Aliens and Alienists: Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry

Aliens and Alienists: Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry image
ISBN-10:

0044453175

ISBN-13:

9780044453178

Edition: Subsequent
Released: Jan 01, 1989
Publisher: Unwin Hyman
Format: Hardcover, 334 pages
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Description:

In this classic text the authors examine the links between racism, psychological ill health and inadequate treatment of ethnic minorities. Through a series of case studies they discuss: * the psychological legacy of colonialism and slavery * the racist bias in psychiatric and psychological theory * diagnostic bias * the role of religion in mental health or illness * the value of anthropological and pschoanalytic insights. The concluding chapter in this edition reviews the development of 'transcultural psychiatry' and summarises changes in administration of the Mental Health Act.











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