Aliens and Alienists
Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry| By: | Maurice Lipsedge; Roland Littlewood |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415157247 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781134728879 |
| Edition: | 3 |
| Copyright: | 1997 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.