Forensic Psychiatry, Race and Culture

by Suman Fernando, David Ndegwa, Melba Wilson

Book Overview

Forensic psychiatry is the discipline which distinguishes the 'mad' from the 'bad', but are its values inherently racist? Why are individuals from non-Western backgrounds over-represented statistically in those diagnosed with schizophrenia and other serious illnesses? The authors argue that the values on which psychiatry is based are firmly rooted in ethnocentric Western culture, with profound implications for individual diagnosis and systems of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415153220
• ISBN13: 9780415153225
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"