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Author Fernando, Suman.

Title Cultural diversity, mental health and psychiatry : the struggle against racism / by Suman Fernando
Published Hove, East Sussex ; New York, N.Y. : Brunner-Routledge, 2003

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Description ix, 258 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Pt. I. Background -- 1. Racism and cultural diversity -- 2. Responding to racism, addressing culture -- Pt. II. Underlying themes -- 3. Psychiatry and mental health from a transcultural perspective -- 4. Psychiatric stigma and racism -- Pt. III. Changing practice -- 5. Moving forward -- 6. Future prospects
Summary Explores how and why black and minority communities lack confidence in mental health services, and makes specific practical suggestions for changing the situation
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [218]-241
Subject Cultural psychiatry.
Psychiatry, Transcultural.
Racism.
Cultural Diversity.
Prejudice.
Mental Health Services.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
LC no. 2003004457
ISBN 1583912525 hardback alkaline paper
1583912533 paperback alkaline paper