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Mental health, race and culture / Suman Fernando.

By: Fernando, Suman.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xi, 232 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780230212718 (pbk.).Subject(s): Psychiatry, Transcultural | Ethnopsychology | Psychiatry | Mental illness -- Social aspects | Cross-Cultural Comparison | Mental Disorders -- ethnology | Racism in psychology | Prejudice | Minorities -- Mental health services | Race Relations -- psychology | Discrimination in mental health services | Socioeconomic Factors | Psychology | Ethnic studies | Care of the mentally ill | PsychiatryDDC classification: 616.89 FER
Contents:
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.
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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This powerful text offers a unique analysis of the impact of race and culture on contemporary issues in mental health. Drawing on extensive international experience, Fernando challenges the traditional ideas that inform practice in clinical psychology and psychiatry in order to promote new and alternative ways of thinking. Covering both theoretical perspectives and practical implications, this insightful text discusses perceptions of ethnicity and identity, compares practices around the world and looks at racism in mental health services.

This fully revised, expanded and updated edition of a seminal text offers students and practitioners alike a comprehensive and reliable study of both western and non-western psychiatry and mental health practices.

New to this Edition:
- Covers trauma and psychosocial support
- Looks at the new discourses in mental health of recovery, spirituality and well-being
- Examines the mental health of refugees
- Refers to specific developments in low-income countries, including Asia and Africa

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-217) and indexes.

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.

"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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Tables (p. x)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part I Theory and Tradition
  • 1 Race and Culture; Ethnicity and Identity (p. 7)
  • Concept of'race' (p. 7)
  • Culture (p. 9)
  • Ethnicity (p. 13)
  • Identity (p. 15)
  • Communities (p. 19)
  • Racism (p. 21)
  • Summary (p. 26)
  • 2 Traditional Approaches to Mental Health (p. 28)
  • Introduction (p. 28)
  • Traditions of western psychology and psychiatry (p. 29)
  • Medical belief systems (p. 35)
  • Stigma and the schizophrenia diagnosis (p. 37)
  • 'Culture-bound' syndromes (p. 39)
  • Comparison of cultural traditions (p. 40)
  • Emotional expression across cultures (p. 44)
  • Summary (p. 46)
  • 3 Background and Culture of Psychiatry (p. 48)
  • Mental illness in Islamic medicine (p. 48)
  • Beginning of western psychiatry (p. 51)
  • Western asylum movement and community care (p. 57)
  • Summary (p. 60)
  • 4 Racism in Psychiatry (p. 61)
  • Mind and mental illness (p. 62)
  • Psychological and intellectual differences (p. 64)
  • Post-war psychiatry and psychology (p. 65)
  • Racism in diagnosis (p. 67)
  • Post-war social and cultural studies (p. 69)
  • Addressing racism in UK mental health services (p. 71)
  • Summary (p. 73)
  • 5 Changing Discourse in Mental Health (p. 74)
  • Pressures on psychiatry (p. 74)
  • Recovery (p. 75)
  • Spirituality (p. 78)
  • Values (p. 81)
  • Well-being (p. 84)
  • Resilience (p. 87)
  • Summary (p. 88)
  • 6 Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress; Suffering and Violence (p. 92)
  • Trauma as medical pathology (p. 93)
  • Social suffering and violence (p. 98)
  • Summary (p. 100)
  • Part II Practice and Innovation
  • 7 Application of Psychiatry: Bias and Imperialism (p. 105)
  • The Euro-American scene: Racial bias (p. 105)
  • The global scene: Psychiatric imperialism (p. 112)
  • Summary (p. 120)
  • 8 Asian and African 'Therapy' for Mental Health (p. 122)
  • Asian approaches (p. 122)
  • Spiritual healing/healing rituals (p. 127)
  • 'Tibetan psychiatry' (p. 128)
  • Chinese medicine (p. 129)
  • African approaches (p. 130)
  • Cross-cultural collaboration (p. 133)
  • Summary (p. 135)
  • 9 Mental Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (p. 137)
  • Introduction (p. 138)
  • Interest in service provision (p. 138)
  • Current scene (p. 141)
  • Efficacy of different systems (p. 146)
  • Challenges and limitations (p. 148)
  • Summary (p. 150)
  • 10 Mental Health of Refugees in High-Income Countries (p. 152)
  • Introduction (p. 153)
  • Meaning of mental health (p. 154)
  • Discrimination, racism and social exclusion Exile and loss (p. 155)
  • Resilience in the face of trauma and exile (p. 156)
  • Summary (p. 157)
  • 11 Prospects for Plurality in Therapies for Mental Health (p. 159)
  • Introduction (p. 159)
  • Psychiatric techniques (p. 160)
  • Data analysis and legal framework (p. 163)
  • Herbal remedies (p. 163)
  • Acupuncture (p. 165)
  • Yoga (p. 166)
  • Japanese psychotherapies (p. 166)
  • Healing and liberation techniques (p. 168)
  • Trance states, ecstasy and dreams (p. 171)
  • Exorcism (p. 172)
  • Summary (p. 173)
  • 12 Mental Health for All (p. 174)
  • Redefining mental illness (p. 174)
  • Restructuring mental health (p. 175)
  • Mental health promotion (p. 178)
  • Developing systems that promote change (p. 180)
  • Summary (p. 183)
  • Bibliography (p. 185)
  • Author Index (p. 219)
  • Subject Index (p. 227)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This intellectually stimulating book (1st ed., CH, Sep'92, 30-0330) challenges one's knowledge and perceptions. Fernando (London Metropolitan Univ., UK), who is originally from Sri Lanka, contrasts traditional approaches to mental health in the US and UK with Asian and African approaches. His thesis is that European and American therapeutic approaches are biased since they are based in historical imperialism. He believes that this tendency works against improvements in the mental health of low income persons, immigrants, and refugees; and that data collection efforts blur characteristics such as race, ethnicity, culture, and identity. Emotional expression, ways of coping with stress, and definitions of mental illness vary among cultures, communities, and families. Globally, trauma results from suffering and violence due to wars, natural disasters, and poverty, yet interventions remain a mixture of Western public health and community psychology. The author contends that mental health services in non-Western developing countries and for all immigrants should be suited to the cultural context and needs of specific communities rather than merely copying Western approaches. He further suggests plurality in therapies for all and emphasizes the need for mental health to be understood and treated cross-culturally. Many new references appear in the already extensive bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers. M. K. Snooks formerly, University of Houston--Clear Lake

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Suman Fernando is Visiting Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at London Metropolitan University, UK, and is Senior Lecturer at the European Centre for Migration and Social Care, University of Kent, UK. He was a consultant psychiatrist for more than twenty years in the National Health Service and is active in non-governmental organizations in the UK and abroad. He has written and lectured widely on mental health development.