Aliens and alienists ethnic minorities and psychiatry /
Littlewood, Roland.
Aliens and alienists ethnic minorities and psychiatry / [electronic resource] : Roland Littlewood and Maurice Lipsedge. - 3rd ed. - London : Routledge, 1997. - xvi, 352p.
Previous ed.: London: Unwin Hyman, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-340) and index.
In this classic text the authors examine the links between racism, psychological ill health and inadequate treatment of ethnic minorities. 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203978146 (e-book)
Minorities--Mental health--Great Britain.
Health and Wellbeing.
Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Social discrimination & equal treatment
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Abnormal psychology
Electronic books.
Aliens and alienists ethnic minorities and psychiatry / [electronic resource] : Roland Littlewood and Maurice Lipsedge. - 3rd ed. - London : Routledge, 1997. - xvi, 352p.
Previous ed.: London: Unwin Hyman, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-340) and index.
In this classic text the authors examine the links between racism, psychological ill health and inadequate treatment of ethnic minorities. 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.
Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203978146 (e-book)
Minorities--Mental health--Great Britain.
Health and Wellbeing.
Psychiatry
Clinical psychology
Social discrimination & equal treatment
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Abnormal psychology
Electronic books.
