Maurice Lipsedge

Aliens and Alienists

Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry

Buch

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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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Littlewood, Roland

ISBN: 978-0-415-15725-4
EAN: 9780415157254
Produktnummer: 23093291
Verlag: Taylor and Francis
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Seitenangabe: 368 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B13.8 cm 680 g
Auflage: 3. A.
Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
Gewicht: 680

Über den Autor

Roland Littlewood is Professor of Anthropology and Psychiatry at University College London. Maurice Lipsedge is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer at Guy's Hospital, London.