Aliens and Alienists: Ethnic Minorities and PsychiatryRoutledge, 1997 - 352 pages 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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Aliens and Alienists: Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry Maurice Lipsedge,Roland Littlewood Limited preview - 2005 |
Aliens and Alienists: Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry Roland Littlewood,Maurice Lipsedge Limited preview - 1997 |
Aliens and Alienists: Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry Maurice Lipsedge,Roland Littlewood Limited preview - 2005 |