Aliens and alienists [electronic resource] : ethnic minorities and psychiatry / Roland Littlewood and Maurice Lipsedge.
Publication details: London : Routledge, 1997.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvi, 352pISBN:- 9780203978146 (e-book)
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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.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780415157254
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