Mental health, race and culture / Suman Fernando.
Fernando, Suman.
2010
RC455.4.E8 F468 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Mental health, race and culture / Suman Fernando.
Author Fernando, Suman.
Edition 3rd ed.
ISBN 9780230212718 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0230212719 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language English
Description xi, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number RC455.4.E8 F468 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.89
Summary "This is the third, significantly expanded and revised, edition of this seminal text. Incorporating additional contemporary topics, including mental health of refugees, trauma and psychosocial approaches, this text offers an illuminating account of mental health and mental disorder seen cross-culturally and internationally"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Part I : Theory and tradition
Race and culture ; ethnicity and identity
Traditional western approaches to mental health
Background and culture of psychiatry
Racism in psychiatry
Changing discourse in mental health
Trauma and post-traumatic stress ; suffering and violence
Part II: Practice and innovation
Application of psychiatry : bias and imperialism
Asian and African 'therapy' for mental health
Mental health in low- and middle income countries
Mental health of refugees in high-income countries
Prospects for plurality in therapies for mental health
Mental health for all.

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