Suman Fernando

Mental Health, Race and Culture

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Since its publication in 1991, this book has been a leading text in the field of race and culture in mental health. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. The result is a book that presents a critical account of Western psychiatry and psychology seen from a cross-cultural perspective that addresses ways in which ideas about race and racism continue to influence theory and practice in the field. The book proposes imaginative and constructive ways in which the disciplines may be re-structured taking on board wisdom and technologies from all cultural traditions in order to achieve a practical model for mental health that is… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Campling, Jo (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-333-96026-4
EAN: 9780333960264
Produktnummer: 8406799
Verlag: Palgrave
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 246 S.
Masse: H21.2 cm x B14.9 cm x D1.4 cm 318 g
Auflage: 2. A.
Gewicht: 318

Über den Autor

SUMAN FERNANDO is Honorary Senior Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Kent and is Visiting Professor at the University of North London. He is also involved in several voluntary organisations that provide mental health services for black and Asian people and has served on many committees and advisory bodies in the field of mental health. He has published widely in psychiatric, psychology and health journals and his other books include Race and Culture in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry, Race and Culture (co-authored).