Aliens and Alienists

Ethnic Minorities and Psychiatry

Maurice Lipsedge, Roland Littlewood (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

1997 | 3rd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-15724-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Updated edition of this classic text, in which, through a series of case studies, the authors examine the links between racism, psychological ill health and inadequate treatment of ethnic minorities.

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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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.4.1997
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 453 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-415-15724-2 / 0415157242
• ISBN-13: 978-0-415-15724-7 / 9780415157247
• Zustand: Neuware