The Protest Psychosis How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
, by Metzl, JonathanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780807001271 | 0807001279
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/12/2011
A powerful account of how cultural anxieties about race shaped American notions of mental illness The Protest Psychosisunearths how associations between schizophrenia and blackness emerged during the U.S. civil rights era, and provides a cautionary tale of how anxieties about race continue to impact doctor-patient interactions.